Iris Komar
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Iris Komar

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Iris Komar is a retired German swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships, setting a new world record. Between 1967 and 1971 she won four national titles in the same event.

Sports psychology

She graduated from the Leipzig University in psychology and sports training. In 1993 she defended her PhD at the same university titled “Bewegungs- und Trainingswissenschaft” (Movement and Training Science) and later worked in sports psychology at Forschungsinstitut and clinical psychology at the University Hospital in Leipzig.

She speaks German, English, Dutch and Russian.

Publications

Komar published a series of books on swimming training of children, including the following