Kathleen Nord

Kathleen Nord (later Schwartz and Feldvoss, 26 December 1965 – 24 February 2022) was a butterfly and medley swimmer from East Germany.

[1] Between 1982 and 1989 she won six gold, two silver and three bronze medals in individual medley and butterfly events at European and world championships.

[2] She missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by East Germany and competed at the Friendship Games instead, winning a silver medal in the 400 m individual medley.

[3] In the early 1990s she studied law at a university, but when the courses were halted in 1992 as a result of the unification of East and West Germany she went to the Palm Beach Community College in Florida.

[4] Nord married mathematics professor and former competitive swimmer Jörg Feldvoss, and had four daughters.