Kornelia Ender

Medal record
Kornelia Ender
Women’s swimming
Competitor for East Germany
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 (born 25 October 1958 in Plauen, Saxony) 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 an athlete who had exhibited symptoms of steroid use in 1976 (deep voice, overdeveloped body), the revelations cast strong suspicion on the validity of Ender's accomplishments.^{[citation needed]}

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 individual 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.

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

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists

References

• Lord, Craig (Mar 26, 2004). Olympic heroes. Times Online

Records
Preceded by Mayumi Aoki	Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 14 April 1973 – 21 August 1974	Succeeded by Rosemarie Kother
Preceded by Rosemarie Kother	Women's 100 metre butterfly world record holder (long course) 9 June 1975 – 28 August 1977	Succeeded by Christiane Knacke
Preceded by Shane Gould	Women's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) 13 April 1973 – 4 September 1973	Succeeded by Andrea Hubner
Preceded by Ulrike Tauber	Women's 200 metre individual medley world record holder (long course) 5 June 1976 – 10 July 1977	Succeeded by Ulrike Tauber
Awards
Preceded by Karin Janz	East German Sportswoman of the Year 1973 – 1976	Succeeded by Rosemarie Ackermann