# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cornelia-polit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:48:58.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cornelia-polit"
name: "Cornelia Polit"
slug: "cornelia-polit"
description: "Cornelia Polit is a former swimmer from East Germany. At age seventeen she won the silver medal in the women's 200 m backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics, behind her teammate Rica Reinisch. She won a silver and a gold medal in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke at the 1981 European Aquatics Championships, respectively. Two years later she repeated this achievement, but in the butterfly events."
tagline: "East German swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cornelia_Polit%2C_1980_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1963-02-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.33812133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "科尔内利娅·波利特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Polit"
    title: "Cornelia Polit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Politov%C3%A1"
    title: "Cornelia Politová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Polit"
    title: "Cornelia Polit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Polit"
    title: "Cornelia Polit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Polit"
    title: "Cornelia Polit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%84%D8%A7_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%AA"
    title: "کرنلا پولیت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Polit"
    title: "Cornelia Polit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Polit"
    title: "Cornelia Polit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Polit"
    title: "Cornelia Polit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%2C_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%8F"
    title: "Полит, Корнелия"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Polit"
    title: "Cornelia Polit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%8F_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%82"
    title: "Корнелія Політ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump