Steffen Deibler (born 10 July 1987) is a German former competitive swimmer from Biberach an der Riß. From 2009 to 2018 he was the

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holder for the 50 m butterfly (

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Swimming career

Deibler specialized in short distances in the

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and

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. He graduated in 2007 at Pestalozzi-Gymnasium Biberach and started to study environment engineering in October 2008. As a teenager, Deibler trained at the TG Biberach under coach Gerold Seifert. The study was the reason to change is training base to

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. At the 2008 German swimming championships, he won 50 m and 100 m freestyle and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics. He was second behind Paul Biedermann in the 200 m freestyle. In November 2009, Deibler set a new 50 meter

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in Aachen, with a time of 22.06, beating the previous record of Amaury Leveaux by 0.12 seconds. At the FINA World Cup 2009 in

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, he became the first person to swim 50 m butterfly within 22 seconds in a 25 m pool, when he improved his world record to 21.80 seconds. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Deibler finished in 38th, 33rd and 15th place in the 50 m, 100 m, and 4 × 100 m freestyle events. He improved at the

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, finishing fourth in the 100 m butterfly and sixth in the 4 × 100 m medley relay. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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, he competed in the

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where he finished 18th in the heats and did not qualify for the semifinals. He also competed as a member of the 4 x 100 m medley relay team that finished in 7th place.

International career

European Junior Swimming Championships The European Junior Swimming Championships (50 m) is an annual swimming competition for European swimmers organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation and held over five days.

2004 in Lisbon: * 2nd place in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

2005 in

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: * 1st in the 50 m freestyle (0:22.26 min) * 1st in the 100 m freestyle (0:49.26 min) * 1st in the 4 × 100 m freestyle * 1st in the 4 × 100 m

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2005 in

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: * 1st in the 4×50 m medley swimming * 2nd in the 100 m freestyle 0:47.43 min) * 4th in the 50 m freestyle (0:21.56 min)

2007 in

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: * 1st in the 4×50 m medley swimming * 3rd in the 4×50m freestyle German swimming championships 2008 in

* 1st in the 100 m freestyle (0:48.55 min – German record – qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics) Aachener Schwimmfest 2009 in Aachen: * 50 m butterfly (00:22.06 min) world record World cup Berlin 2009: * 1st in the 50 m butterfly (00:21.80 min)

* 2nd in the 100 m butterfly (00:49.23 min) * 3rd in the 50 m freestyle (00:20.73 min)

Personal bests

Key: WR = World record

Personal life

His younger brother Markus also competed in swimming at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

References

External links

Website of Steffen and Markus Deibler
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results at les-sports.info {{DEFAULTSORT:Deibler, Steffen 1987 births Living people People from Biberach an der Riss Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) German male swimmers German male butterfly swimmers German male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Germany World record setters in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming