Ursula "Ursel" Brunner (German pronunciation: [ˈʊʁzl̩ ˈbʁʊnɐ] ^ⓘ; born 30 January 1941) is a retired West German freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won two bronze medals in relay events in 1960.^[1]

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Ursel Brunner

Ursel Brunner in 1963
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Born	(1941-01-30) 30 January 1941 (age 83) Heidelberg-Ziegelhausen, Germany
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	SV Nikar, Heidelberg
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4×100 m freestyle relay 1960 Rome 4×100 m medley relay Representing  West Germany Universiade 1963 Porto Alegre 400 m freestyle 1963 Porto Alegre 100 m freestyle 1963 Porto Alegre 100 m backstroke

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She won at least 15 national titles in the 100 m butterfly (1961–1962), 400 m individual medley (1962–1963), and 100 m (1959–1963) and 400 m freestyle (1957, 1959–1963).^[2] In 1963, she was selected the German Sportspersonality of the Year.^[3]

In 1975 Brunner married her former coach Hans Wirth (d. 1988). She has a son.

• Ursel Brunner (1966). Beobachtungen und Ergebnisse bei der Behandlung von Patientinnen mit Corpuscarcinom 1955–1962.
• Ursel Brunner; Marion Knebel; Hanns Wirth (1970). Das Konditionstraining des Schwimmers: Teil 1: Trockentraining. Bartels & Wernitz.
• Ursel Brunner; Marion Knebel; Hanns Wirth (1970). 1. Trockentraining. – 1970. – 111 S.: zahlr. Ill., graph. Darst. – Literaturverz. S. 107–111. Bartels [u.] Wernitz.
• Ursel Brunner (1976). Trockentraining. Bartels, Wernitz.