Kirsten Bruhn
Kirsten Bruhn is a former German female Paralympic swimmer. She learnt to swim when she was three. She began competing at ten before an accident in 1991. She was hurt during a holiday motorcycle trip on the island of Kos leaving her partially paralysed. She has since become an expert in social insurance.
She has won several medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics.