Annika Liebs
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| Nationality |  Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 September 1979 Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annika Liebs (6 September 1979), previously Annika Lurz,[2] is an Olympic and former World Record-holding swimmer from Germany. She swam for her homeland at the 2008 Olympics.
In 2005, she was a member of the German team that won the silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the World Championships in Montreal;[3] and captured three medals (2 silver, 1 bronze) at the Summer Universiade in İzmir, Turkey.
At the 2006 European Championships in Budapest, she clocked the then fastest-ever split in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (1.55.64), helping the Germany team to break the world record in the event with their 7.50.82. Other members of the relay were: Petra Dallmann, Daniela Samulski, and Britta Steffen. Also in the pool during the 4×200 m freestyle relay was France's Laure Manaudou, who swam the then-second fastest split ever (1.56.23). Also at the 2006 European Championships, Annika also swam on Germany's 4×100 m freestyle relay that also set a new world record (3:35.22).
At the 2007 World Championships, she swam the then second-faster-ever time in the women's 200 m freestyle (1:55.68),[4] in finishing second behind Laure Manaudou's world record winning performance; setting the German record in the process. Also at the 2007 Worlds, she was part of Germany's silver medalist 4×200 m freestyle relay.[4]
One month after the 2006 European Championships finished, Annika married her coach Stefan Lurz. The couple divorced in 2013.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "2006 SC Worlds (Shanghai) results". Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annika Lurz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
- ^ "Results from the 2005 World Championships". Archived from the original on 28 January 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
- ^ a b "Results from the 2007 World Championships". Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Annika Liebs at Swimrankings.net
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Karlsruhe
- German female backstroke swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Germany
- German female freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany
- Medalists at the 2007 Summer Universiade
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