Dorothea Brandt (born 5 March 1984) is a German swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and breaststroke events. She is a multiple-time German champion, a fourteen-time medalist at the

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, and a semi-finalist in the 50 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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. Brandt currently holds the short-course German record time of 23.74 seconds in the same discipline.

Swimming career

Brandt is a member of the swimming club SG Essen, in Essen Germany. She first appeared on the international scene, when she helped out the German team (led by Antje Buschschulte to take the bronze medal in the medley relay at the

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. Two years later, Brandt qualified for the women's 50 m freestyle, along with Olympic veteran

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, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

, by attaining an A-standard entry time of 25.40 seconds from the German Olympic trials. Brandt, however, failed to advance into the final, as she recorded the slowest phase time of 25.83 seconds in the semi-finals. Between 2004 and 2008, Brandt had won a total of seven medals (four silver and three bronze), as a member of the German team, in the women's freestyle and medley relays at the

. At the

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, Brandt claimed her first ever silver medal in the 50 m freestyle, by seven-hundredths of a second (0.07) ahead of U.S. swimmer

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, with a time of 25.03 seconds. On the same year, Brandt earned her second individual career medal, a bronze, in the same event at the

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, with a time of 23.74 seconds. Moreover, she lowered

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's short-course German record of 23.80, set in 2007, by a six-hundredth margin (0.06). At the

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, lowering her time to 30.17 seconds. Brandt also won a gold, as a member of the German swimming team, in the women's 4×50 m freestyle relay, clocking at 1:37.29.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brandt, Dorothea 1984 births Living people People from Bremervörde German female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics German female freestyle swimmers German female breaststroke swimmers Universiade medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Lower Saxony Universiade silver medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade