Britta Steffen
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| Ein sex anaa gender | female  |
|---|---|
| Ein country of citizenship | Germany, German Democratic Republic |
| Name wey dem give am | Britta |
| Family name | Steffen |
| Ein date of birth | 16 November 1983 |
| Place dem born am | Schwedt/Oder |
| Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign | German |
| Ein occupation | swimmer |
| Sport | competitive swimming |
| Participant insyd | 2012 Summer Olympics, 2004 Summer Olympics, swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – women's 50 metre freestyle, swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – women's 100 metre freestyle, swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay |
| Award e receive | Order of Merit of Berlin, Q93291420 |
| Dema official website | http://www.britta-steffen.com |
Britta Steffen (dem born am 16 November 1983 in Schwedt, Germany)[1] be German former competitive swimmer wey specialize insyd freestyle sprint events, wey she win 2 gold medals at de 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Ein Biography
[edit | edit source]Insyd 1999, Steffen win six titles at de European Junior Championships, wey she win medal as member of Germany ein relay team insyd de 4 × 200 metre freestyle at de 2000 Summer Olympics. Insyd 2004, she ask say say she go swim de 4×100 m relay. But after de Olympics, she take one year off swimming wey she concentrate for ein studies top, wey she no plete.
At de 2006 European Championships insyd Budapest, Steffen clocked 53.30 in the women's 100 m freestyle event, breaking the world record and upstaging the previous record of 53.42 set by 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.
For dat same championships, Steffen join two relay teams wey break world record. First, de German 4×100 m women relay team – Dallmann, Goetz, Steffen den Liebs – beat de Australian 4×100 m freestyle relay team (Mills, Lenton, Thomas and Henry) world record wey be 3:35.94, as dem swim am for 3:35.22.
After dat, de German women 4×200 m freestyle relay team – Dallmann, Samulski, Steffen den Liebs – swim 7:50.82 take break de US record (Coughlin, Piper, Vollmer den Sandeno) wey be 7:53.42.
For de 2007 World Championships for Melbourne insyd, she cam third for de 100 m freestyle den second for de 4×200 m freestyle relay.
For de 2008 Summer Olympic Games wey happen for Beijing, China, Steffen win de 100-metre freestyle, as she catch de world record-holder Libby Trickett from Australia for de last stroke. She touch wall for 53.12 seconds, wey break ein own Olympic record of 53.38 wey she set earlier for de 4×100 m freestyle relay start leg.[1]
After dat, Steffen beat Dara Torres by just 0.01 seconds take win gold for de 50-metre freestyle plus time 24.06 seconds.[1]
For de 2009 World Championships for Rome, Steffen swim 52.07 for de 100 m freestyle, break de world record wey be 52.22 wey she naa set four days before.[2] Two days later, for 2 August 2009, she win ein second title for de 50 m freestyle, wey she sana break world record again plus 23.73 seconds.[3]
Cate Campbell break ein 100 m freestyle long course world record for 2 July 2016, wey Sarah Sjöström break ein 50 m freestyle long course record for 29 July 2017.
Steffen officially shon competitive swimming for 2013.[4]
See also
[edit | edit source]- List of German records in swimming
- World record progression 50 metres freestyle
- World record progression 100 metres freestyle
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Britta Steffen - Hall Of Fame Swimmer". www.swimmingworldmagazine.com. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
- ↑ "Steffen Breaks Record on Way to Glory". Sporting Life. 31 July 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Double Olympic champion Britta Steffen retires". NBC Sports (in American English). 27 September 2013. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
External links
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- Official website (in German)
- Britta Steffen at World Aquatics
- Britta Steffen at Swimrankings.net
- Britta Steffen at Olympics.com
- Britta Steffen at Team Deutschland (in German)
- Britta Steffen at Olympedia
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