Kathrin Zimmermann

{{short description|East German swimmer}}

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name=Kathrin Zimmermann

| image=Kathrin Zimmermann 1986.jpg

| image_size = 200px

| caption=Kathrin Zimmermann in 1986

| birth_date={{birth date and age|df=y|1966|12|22}}

| birth_place=Gera, Bezirk Gera, East Germany

| death_date=

| death_place=

| height = {{convert|1.73|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|65|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| sport=Swimming

| club=SC Karl-Marx-Stadt

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| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry | {{GDR}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalSilver| 1988 Seoul | 200 m backstroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 1986 Madrid | 4×100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver| 1986 Madrid | 100 m backstroke}}

{{MedalBronze| 1986 Madrid | 200 m backstroke}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 1983 Rome | 200 m backstroke}}

{{MedalSilver| 1985 Sofia | 100 m backstroke}}

{{MedalSilver| 1985 Sofia | 200 m backstroke}}

{{MedalSilver| 1987 Strasbourg | 200 m backstroke}}

{{MedalBronze| 1987 Strasbourg | 100 m backstroke}}

}}

Kathrin Zimmermann (born 22 December 1966 in Gera) is a former backstroke swimmer from East Germany who won a silver medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Earlier, between 1983 and 1987 she won five silver and two bronze medals at European and world championships in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke events, as well as one world title in the 4 × 100 m medley relay.

Her mother Heidi Eisenschmidt competed in swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics.