Simone Weiler

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Personal information
Born (1978-12-16) 16 December 1978
Speyer, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club SV Nikar Heidelberg[1]

Simone Weiler (née Karn, 16 December 1978) is a German swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 2002 European Aquatics Championships (50 m pool). She also won three bronze medals in breaststroke in 2003–2005 at short-course (25 m pool) European championships.[2] She competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 100 m breaststroke but failed to reach the final.[3] Between 2001 and 2002 she won four national titles in breaststroke events. Around 2000–2001 she married and changed her last name from Karn to Weiler.[4]

After retirement from senior swimming she competed in the masters category.[5]

References

  1. WEILER, Simone. swimrankings.net
  2. Simone WEILER, Simone KARN-WEILER, Simone KARN les-sports.info
  3. Simone Karn. sports-reference.com
  4. Schwimmen – Deutsche Meisterschaften (Damen-Teil 2). sport-komplett.de
  5. Simone Weiler dominiert Masters. schwaebische.de (3 May 2011)


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