Angelina Köhler set a German 100IM record amid three titles on the final day of the German Championships in Wuppertal.
The 26-year-old lowered the IM mark to 58.57, 0.36 swifter than previous record holder Theresa Michalak (58.93) swam 13 years ago, also at Wuppertal.
Köhler also won the 100 fly – in which she won the 2024 world title in the long-course pool – in 56.86 and the 50 back in 27.06, a PB.
Köhler leaves Wuppertal with six individual titles and one silver and although she won’t be going to the World Short Course Championships in Beijing, she was delighted with the outcome and what it indicates going forward.
“I’ve improved significantly compared to last year and I’m in very good shape,” she said through the DSV. “I don’t swim the short course World Championships. But whenever the DKM went well, the season went well afterwards, so I’m very happy.”
Maurice Grabowski claimed a golden double on Sunday in the 100IM (52.59) and 50 back (23.34). He too leaves with six titles – albeit some in relays – plus two silvers. He now heads to Beijing for the short-course worlds as part of a seven-strong German team.
Simon Brugger set a German age group record in the men’s 400 free in 3:42.71. The 17-year-old cut 0.46 from the previous benchmark of 3:43.17 set by Sven Schwarz, two-time silver distance medallist at the 2025 worlds in Singapore. Schwarz also won the 800/1500 double in Wuppertal to make his presence felt in the 2026 rankings.
“This guy is a machine,” said Brugger. “To break one of his records now is a great honour. I never thought I’d be able to do it, but I’ve been training so hard at altitude in Andorra for the last three weeks that I wanted to give it another go,” said Brugger. He swam the race from the front and said: “I had still thought about it on the starting block. But then I heard my team in the stands and thought to myself: Win or die and just give it everything you can from the front.” The winner of the women’s race was open water specialist Lea Boy in 4:04.98.
Lia Hartmannshenn won the women’s 200m breaststroke. The 14-year-old – swimming out of lane one – stopped the clock at 2:24.85 for her first senior title, months after being the youngest competitor at the German age group championships.
Day Four Winners
Women’s 100m medley: Angelina Köhler (SG Neukölln Berlin) 58.57 (DR)
Men’s 100m medley: Maurice Grabowski (SC Wiesbaden 1911) 52.59
400m freestyle women: Lea Boy (SV Würzburg 05) 4:04.98
Men’s 400m freestyle: Simon Brugger (SG Stadtwerke München) 3:42.71 (DJR)
100m butterfly women: Angelina Köhler (SG Neukölln Berlin) 56.86
Men’s 100m butterfly: Moritz Schaller (SG Essen) 51.56
Women’s 50m backstroke: Angelina Köhler (SG Neukölln Berlin) 27.06
Men’s 50m backstroke: Maurice Grabowski (SC Wiesbaden 1911) 23.34
Women’s 200m breaststroke: Lia Hartmannshenn (SG Mönchengladbach) 2:24.85
200m Breaststroke Men: Mathis Schönung (SG EWR Rheinhessen-Mainz) 2:07.78
4x50m Freestyle Mixed: SG Essen (Larus Thiel, Moritz Schaller, Julianna Dora Bocska, Lina Kröger) 1:33.24
