Lisa Höpink

Höpink is a former member of Essen Swimming Club.[2] In 2022, she transferred to Neckarsulmer SU.[3]

At the age of 14, Höpink won her national age group 50 and 100 metres butterfly events, as well as the 200 and 400 metres individual medley events.[4] In 2012, she competed in the 4 x 50 metre butterfly event at the regional Ruhr Olympiad, and Essen Swimming Club won the event.[5] She was named the North Rhine-Westphalia state Jugendschwimmerin des Jahres (young swimmer of the year) in 2013 and 2014.[6] At the 2014 European Junior Swimming Championships, Höpink won the 100 metre butterfly event,[7] came second in the women's 4 x 100 metre medley race,[8] and second in the 4 x 100 metre mixed medley event.[9] She won the most medals of any German athlete at the Championships.[10]

Höpink competed at the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships, finishing eighth in the 200 metre butterfly event.[1] She competed at the 2016 European Aquatics Championships in the 50 metre, 100 metre and 200 metre butterfly events.[2][11] Höpink attempted to qualify for the 200 metre butterfly and freestyle events at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[12] Later in 2016, she competed at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m).[13] At the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples, Italy, Höpink won a bronze medal in the 100 metre butterfly event,[14] and a silver medal in the 100 metre freestyle event.[15] She also competed in the 50 metre freestyle and the 50 and 200 metre butterfly events.[16] In the same year, she won the 50 metres freestyle event at the German National Short Course Championships, and came third in the mixed relay.[17] She also competed at the 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships, finishing sixth in the 4 x 50 metre freestyle event and ninth in the 100 metre butterfly race.[1]

In April 2021, Höpink qualified for the 4 × 100 metre medley relay event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. She competed in the butterfly leg of the event.[18] She also qualified for the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Games,[1][19] Höpink won the 100 metre butterfly event at the German Olympic trials, but was outside of the Olympic qualifying time.[20][21] She also came second in the 100 metre freestyle event at the German Olympic Trials, but was again slower than the Olympic qualifying time,[22] It was Höpink's first appearance at an Olympic Games.[18] In the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, Germany came seventh in their heat,[23] and in the 4 × 100 metre medley relay, they finished sixth in their heat.[24]

At the 2022 German Swimming Championships, Höpink finished third in the 100 metres freestyle event.[25]

Höpink is from Herne, Germany,[10] and attended Helmholtz-Gymnasium Heidelberg.[10][12] She later studied business psychology at Ruhr University Bochum.[26] In 2018, Höpink became a certified swimming coach.[3] In 2022, she moved to Untereisesheim.[3]