Cornelia Pfohl

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Cornelia Pfohl (born 23 February 1971) is a German archer who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004. She won two medals in the women’s team event — silver in 1996 and bronze in 2000 — and she drew attention for competing while pregnant in both 2000 and 2004.

In 1992 in Barcelona, she finished 44th in the women’s individual event and was part of the German team that finished 10th in the team competition.

At the 1996 Atlanta Games, the German team reached the final of the women’s team event. With Germany ahead of South Korea by a single point with nine arrows left, Pfohl shot into the outer ring and scored only one point, allowing South Korea to win the gold.

In 2000 Sydney, while pregnant with her daughter Mara, Pfohl helped Germany win bronze in the women’s team event and finished 24th in the women’s individual event. She was later awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf, Germany’s top sports award, for her bronze medal.

Her fourth Olympics came in 2004 in Athens. She qualified unexpectedly and competed while 30 weeks pregnant. She was 18th in the ranking round, defeated Canada’s Marie-Pier Beaudet 146–128 in the first knockout round, and then lost to Russia’s Margarita Galinovskaya 158–156 in the next round.