Angela Maurer
 Angela Maurer on the winner's podium at the German national championships, Lindau | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Swimming | ||
Representing  Germany
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| World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2009 Rome | 25 km open water |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2003 Barcelona | 10 km open water |
| | 2011 Shanghai | 25 km open water |
| | 2013 Barcelona | 25 km open water |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2001 Fukuoka | 25 km open water |
| | 2003 Barcelona | 25 km open water |
| | 2013 Barcelona | 10 km open water |
| | 2015 Kazan | 25 km open water |
| European Championships | ||
| | 2006 Budapest | 10 km open water |
| | 2006 Budapest | 25 km open water |
| | 1999 Istanbul | 25 km open water |
| | 2002 Berlin | 10 km open water |
| | 2004 Madrid | 10 km open water |
| | 2010 Balatonfüred | 10 km open water |
| | 2014 Berlin | 25 km open water |
Angela Maurer (born 27 July 1975) is a German long-distance swimmer.
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]
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
- ↑ "Beijing 2008 – Open water silver and bronze for Brits". Yahoo sport. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
- ↑ "14th Fina World Championships 25 km women's results" (PDF). www.fina.org. FINA. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ↑ "Open Water, Day 5: Martina Grimaldi of Italy wins women's 25km". www.fina.org. FINA. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 1 September 2014.