Britta Steffen

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Britta Steffen
Steffen with the 100m freestyle gold medal at 2009 world championships
Personal information
National team Germany
Born (1983-11-16) 16 November 1983 (age 40)
Schwedt, Bezirk Frankfurt, East Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Websitebritta-steffen.com
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSG Neukölln
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Germany
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 0 1
World Championships (LC)
 2 2 3
World Championships (SC) 1 1 0
European Championships (LC) 7 2 0
European Championships (SC) 5 5 4
Universiade
 2 0 0
Total 19 10 8
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney 4 × 200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2007 Melbourne 4 × 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rome 4 × 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Melbourne 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome 4 × 100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai 4 × 100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2012 Istanbul 100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2000 Athens 4 × 100 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest 4 × 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2006 Budapest 4 × 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 4 × 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2012 Debrecen 4 × 100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2006 Budapest 4 × 100 m medley
Silver medal – second place 2012 Debrecen 100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 2007 Debrecen 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2007 Debrecen 4 × 50 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2011 Szczecin 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Szczecin 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2011 Szczecin 4 × 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1999 Lisbon 4 × 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2007 Debrecen 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2007 Debrecen 4 × 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Eindhoven 4 × 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2010 Eindhoven 4 × 50 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Valencia 4 × 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Dublin 4 × 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Eindhoven 50 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Eindhoven 100 m freestyle
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2007 Bangkok 100 m freestyle

Britta Steffen (German pronunciation: [ˈbʁi.ta ˈʃtɛfn̩] ⓘ; born 16 November 1983) is a German competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle sprint events.

Biography

In 1999, Steffen won six titles at the European Junior Championships, and won a medal as a member of Germany's relay team in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1] In 2004, she asked to swim the 4×100 m relay. But after the Olympics, she took one year off swimming and concentrated on her studies, which were not finished.

At the

Libby Lenton
of Australia. Even though Lenton swam a time of 52.99 on 4 April 2007 during the mixed 400 metre freestyle relay, this time was not recognized by the FINA as world record, because the race is not considered to be a FINA event.

At the same championships, Steffen was part of two world record-breaking relay teams. First, the German 4×100 m women's relay team of Dallmann, Goetz, Steffen and Liebs took the Australian 4×100 m freestyle relay (Mills, Lenton, Thomas and Henry) world record of 3:35.94, clocking a time of 3:35.22. The German women's relay team of Dallman, Samulski, Steffen and Liebs, then swam a time of 7:50.82 to take the previous US 4×200 m freestyle relay (Coughlin, Piper, Vollmer and Sandeno) world record that stood at 7:53.42.

At the 2007 World Championships in Melbourne where she finished third in the 100 metre freestyle event and second in the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay.

During the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Steffen won the 100-meter freestyle, catching world record-holder Libby Trickett of Australia at the last stroke. Steffen touched in 53.12 seconds, bettering her own Olympic record of 53.38 set on the leadoff leg of the 4×100 m freestyle relay. Steffen then edged out Dara Torres to win the 50-meter freestyle gold with a time of 24.06 seconds, winning by 0.01 seconds.

At the 2009 World Championships in Rome, Steffen clocked 52.07 in the 100 m freestyle event, breaking the world record and upstaging the previous record of 52.22 set by herself four days before.[2] Two days later on 2 August 2009, Steffen won her second title in the 50 m freestyle event, breaking the world record with a time of 23.73 seconds.[3]

Her 100-metre freestyle long course world record was broken by Cate Campbell on 2 July 2016. Her 50-metre freestyle long course world record was broken by Sarah Sjöström on 29 July 2017.

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Britta Steffen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. ^ "Steffen Breaks Record on Way to Glory". Sporting Life. 31 July 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Britta Steffen sets 42nd world record in 50 free". The Daily News Online. Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2009.

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