Ursel Brunner

Ursel Brunner

Brunner in 1963
Personal information
Born	(1941-01-30)30 January 1941 Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen, Germany
Died	18 September 2024(2024-09-18) (aged 83)[1]
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	SV Nikar, Heidelberg
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle relay 1960 Rome 4×100 m medley relay Representing  West Germany Universiade 1963 Porto Alegre 400 m freestyle 1963 Porto Alegre 100 m freestyle 1963 Porto Alegre 100 m backstroke

Ursula "Ursel" Brunner (German pronunciation: [ˈʊʁzl̩ ˈbʁʊnɐ] ^ⓘ; 30 January 1941 – 18 September 2024) was a West German freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won two bronze medals in relay events in 1960.[2]

She won at least 15 national titles in the 100 m butterfly (1961–1962), 400 m individual medley (1962–1963), and 100 m (1959–1963) and 400 m freestyle (1957, 1959–1963).[3] In 1963, she was selected the German Sportspersonality of the Year.[4] In 1975 Brunner married her former coach Hans Wirth (died 1988). She had a son.

Publications

• Ursel Brunner (1966). Beobachtungen und Ergebnisse bei der Behandlung von Patientinnen mit Corpuscarcinom 1955–1962.
• Ursel Brunner; Marion Knebel; Hanns Wirth (1970). Das Konditionstraining des Schwimmers: Teil 1: Trockentraining. Bartels & Wernitz.
• Ursel Brunner; Marion Knebel; Hanns Wirth (1970). 1. Trockentraining. – 1970. – 111 S.: zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst. – Literaturverz. S. 107–111. Bartels [u.] Wernitz.
• Ursel Brunner (1976). Trockentraining. Bartels, Wernitz.

References

1. Ursel Brunner's obituary (in German)
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ursel Brunner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
3. Schwimmen – Deutsche Meisterschaften. Damen Teil 1, Teil 3. sport-komplett.de
4. Ursel Brunner. munzinger.de (27 November 2000).

Awards
Preceded by Jutta Heine	German Sportswoman of the Year 1962	Succeeded by Roswitha Esser Annemarie Zimmermann