Hannah Stockbauer (; born 7 January 1982) is a World Champion, Olympic and national-record holding

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from Germany. In 2003, she was named the female World Swimmer of the Year by ''Swimming World Magazine'', following her winning the 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles at the 2003 World Championships. She swam for Germany at the: *Olympics:

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*World Championships: 2001, 2003 *European Championships: 1999, 2002 *Short Course Europeans: 1998, 2002 At the 2001 World Championships, she won the 800 and 1500 frees. At the 2003 World Championships, she was named Female Swimmer of the Meet, after she won 3 events (400, 800 and 1500 frees), setting meet records in the 800 and 1500 (8:23.66 and 16:00.18) and the German Record in the 1500. At the

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, she was part of the Germany relay that won a bronze medal in the Free Relay. She retired from competition in October 2005.Germany's Hannah Stockbauer, Five-Time World Champion, Retires
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1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Nuremberg Swimmers from Bavaria Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists in swimming German female freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century German sportswomen 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub