Angela Maurer (born 27 July 1975) is a German long-distance

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Career

Angela Maurer lives in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden form ...

, 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 Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...

. She has been studying at police technical college since 1 September 2007, and is a member of the

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

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elite sports training programme. At the

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she achieved 4th place in the 10 km marathon swim, only a fraction of a second behind the bronze medallist Cassie Patten. Kazan 2015 - Angela Maurer

In 2009, she won the 10 km open-water race at the German national swimming championships in

Lindau Lindau (, ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major Town#Germany, town and Lindau (island), island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital ...

with a time of 2:01:31.43, ensuring her place at the

2009 World Aquatics Championships The 2009 World Aquatics Championships () or the XIII FINA World Championships were held in Rome, Italy from 18 July to 2 August 2009. This was the second time the championships were held in the city after being previously hosted in 1994 World Aq ...

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Achievements

* Qualifying for the 2008 Olympics at the 5th World Open Water Championships in

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* 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) * Overall winner of the 2002 World Cup in open-water swimming *

Hesse Hesse or Hessen ( ), officially the State of Hesse (), is a States of Germany, state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt, which is also the country's principal financial centre. Two other major hist ...

Sportswoman of the Year * Member of th
International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

References

External links

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Angela Maurer
at openwaterpedia.com

at dailynewsofopenwaterswimming.com * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maurer, Angela 1975 births Living people German female freestyle swimmers German female long-distance swimmers Swimmers from Wiesbaden Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Germany World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming 21st-century German sportswomen