Kornelia Ender facts for kids

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Kornelia Ender

Ender during the European Cup in August 1973
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1958-10-25) 25 October 1958 (age 65) Plauen, East Germany (now Saxony, Germany)
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	59 kilograms (130 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, butterfly, medley
Club	SV Halle
Medal record Women’s swimming Representing  East Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 4 0 World Championships (LC) 8 2 0 European Championships (LC) 4 0 0 Total 16 6 0 Olympic Games Gold 1976 Montreal 100 m freestyle Gold 1976 Montreal 200 m freestyle Gold 1976 Montreal 100 m butterfly Gold 1976 Montreal 4×100 m medley Silver 1972 Munich 200 m individual medley Silver 1972 Munich 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1972 Munich 4×100 m medley Silver 1976 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Gold 1973 Belgrade 100 m freestyle Gold 1973 Belgrade 100 m butterfly Gold 1973 Belgrade 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1973 Belgrade 4×100 m medley Gold 1975 Cali 100 m freestyle Gold 1975 Cali 100 m butterfly Gold 1975 Cali 4x100 m freestyle Gold 1975 Cali 4x100 m medley Silver 1973 Belgrade 200 m medley Silver 1975 Cali 200 m freestyle European Championships (LC) Gold 1974 Vienna 100 m freestyle Gold 1974 Vienna 200 m freestyle Gold 1974 Vienna 4×100 m freestyle Gold 1974 Vienna 4×100 m medley

Kornelia Ender (later Matthes now Grummt, born 25 October 1958) is a former East German swimmer who at the 1976 Summer Olympics became the first woman swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympic Games, all in world record times. It was later proven that the East German team doctors had systematically administered steroids to their athletes (albeit without the athletes' knowledge). As she had exhibited symptoms of steroid use in 1976 (deep voice, overdeveloped body), strong suspicion was cast on the validity of Ender's accomplishments.

Ender trained from a young age and won her first Olympic medals as a 13-year-old at the 1972 Olympics in Munich: three silver medals, including one in the 200 m individual medley, finishing behind Australia's Shane Gould. Over the following years she broke 32 world records in individual events, including the four at the Montreal Games.

In 1977 she was banned from the team by Manfred Ewald.

Ender was married for four years to East German backstroke swimmer and multiple Olympic champion Roland Matthes. She is now married to former East German track and field athlete and bobsledder Steffen Grummt.

See also

In Spanish: Kornelia Ender para niños

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of multiple Summer Olympic medalists