Angela Maurer
 Angela Maurer on the winner's podium at the German national championships, Lindau | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Swimming | ||
Competitor for  Germany
| ||
| World Championships | ||
| Gold | 2009 Rome | 25 km open water |
| Silver | 2003 Barcelona | 10 km open water |
| Silver | 2011 Shanghai | 25 km open water |
| Silver | 2013 Barcelona | 25 km open water |
| Bronze | 2001 Fukuoka | 25 km open water |
| Bronze | 2003 Barcelona | 25 km open water |
| Bronze | 2013 Barcelona | 10 km open water |
| European Championships | ||
| Gold | 2006 Budapest | 10 km open water |
| Gold | 2006 Budapest | 25 km open water |
| Silver | 1999 Istanbul | 25 km open water |
| Silver | 2002 Berlin | 10 km open water |
| Bronze | 2004 Madrid | 10 km open water |
| Bronze | 2010 Balatonfüred | 10 km open water |
| Bronze | 2014 Berlin | 25 km open water |
Angela Maurer (born 27 July 1975) is a German long-distance swimmer.
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. 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.