German swimmer (born 1975)
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 .[citation needed ]
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.[citation needed ] 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 .[citation needed ]
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
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