Please answer the following question: Facts: - weight: 66 kg lb - height: 1.78 - strokes: freestyle - birth date: 8 september 1981 - fullname: sara harstick - name: sara harstick - nationality: german - birth place: hildesheim , niedersachsen Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of sara harstick .
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sara harstick -lrb- born 8 september 1981 in hildesheim , niedersachsen -rrb- is a former german freestyle swimmer , who won bronze medals in the 2000 and 2004 summer olympics .also in 2004 in athens , she swam her only individual olympic race , finishing sixth in the fifth heat of the 200 m freestyle , one spot short of advancing to the semifinals .a few months before the 2008 summer olympics , harstick ended her swimming career after the firing of her coach , rainer tylinski .