Angela Maurer

Angela Maurer (born 27 July 1975) is a German long-distance swimmer.

Angela Maurer
Maurer on the winner's podium at the German national championships, Lindau
Personal information
Born27 July 1975 (1975-07-27) (age 48)
Wiesbaden, West Germany
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Napoli 25 km open water
Gold medal – first place2009 Rome25 km open water
Silver medal – second place2003 Barcelona10 km open water
Silver medal – second place2011 Shanghai25 km open water
Silver medal – second place2013 Barcelona25 km open water
Bronze medal – third place2001 Fukuoka25 km open water
Bronze medal – third place2003 Barcelona25 km open water
Bronze medal – third place2013 Barcelona10 km open water
Bronze medal – third place2015 Kazan25 km open water
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2006 Budapest10 km open water
Gold medal – first place2006 Budapest25 km open water
Silver medal – second place1999 Istanbul25 km open water
Silver medal – second place2002 Berlin10 km open water
Silver medal – second place2010 BudapestMarathon 25 km
Silver medal – second place2012 Piombino10 km open water
Bronze medal – third place2004 Madrid10 km open water
Bronze medal – third place2010 Balatonfüred10 km open water
Bronze medal – third place2012 Piombino5 km team
Bronze medal – third place2014 Berlin25 km open water

Career

Angela Maurer lives in Wiesbaden, where she was born. She swims for the SSV Undine 08 e.V. Mainz swimming club, and trains together with Dimitri Colupaev and Marc-Oliver Stein under Nikolai Evseev in Mainz.

She has been studying at police technical college since 1 September 2007, and is a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate's state elite sports training programme. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing she achieved 4th place in the 10 km marathon swim, only a fraction of a second behind the bronze medallist Cassie Patten.[1]

25km race in Kazan 2015

In 2009, she won the 10 km open-water race at the German national swimming championships in Lindau with a time of 2:01:31.43, ensuring her place at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome.

Achievements
  • Qualifying for the 2008 Olympics at the 5th World Open Water Championships in Seville
  • 8 German national titles in 5 km, 10 km und 25 km open-water swimming
  • double 2006 European champion in both 10 km und 25 km open-water swimming, runner-up in 1999 and 2002
  • seven World Championship medals in 10 km und 25 km open-water swimming (one gold, three silver, three bronze)[2][3][4]
  • Overall winner of the 2002 World Cup in open-water swimming
  • Hesse Sportswoman of the Year
  • Member of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

References
  1. "Beijing 2008 – Open water silver and bronze for Brits". Yahoo sport. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  2. "14th Fina World Championships 25 km women's results" (PDF). www.fina.org. FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  3. "Open Water, Day 5: Martina Grimaldi of Italy wins women's 25km". www.fina.org. FINA. 27 July 2013. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. Eggert, Greg (23 July 2013). "Open Water, Day 3: Brazil's Okimoto and Cunha finish 1-2 in women's 10km". www.fina.org. FINA. Archived from the original on 14 September 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
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