Susan von der Lippe
 Rapp in 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Susan von der Lippe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 5, 1965 Fort Carson, Colorado,U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Susan von der Lippe(néeSusan Gerard Rappon July 5, 1965) is an American competitionswimmer,Olympic medalist, and Masters world record-holder in multiple events.
She attendedStanford University,where she swam for theStanford Cardinalswimming and diving team inNational Collegiate Athletic Association(NCAA) andPacific-10 Conferencecompetition.
Rapp first qualified for the 1980 Olympic games, but was unable to compete due to theUnited States-led boycottof the Olympic games hosted by the Soviet Union. Four years later at the1984 Summer Olympicsin Los Angeles, she had significant success. She won a silver medal for her second-place performance in thewomen's 200-meter breaststroke,finishing with a time of 2:31.15. She earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of thewomen's 4×100-meter medley relay.Individually, she also finished seventh in the final of thewomen's 100-meter breaststroke,recording a time of 1:11.45.[1]
Four years later at the1988 Summer Olympicsin Seoul, South Korea, Rapp competed in the B Final of thewomen's 200-meter breaststroke,finishing thirteenth overall with a time of 2:32.90.[1]
At the age of 42, von der Lippe qualified for the2008 U.S. Olympic Trialsin the 100-meter breaststroke and 100-meter butterfly.[2]
As of 2014[update],von der Lippe holds 61 individualU.S. Masters Swimmingpool records, across the 35–39, 40–44 and 45–49 age groups.[3]She holds Masters World records in breaststroke, butterfly, individual medley in the 40–44 and 45–49 age groups.[4][5]
See also
[edit]- List of Masters world records in swimming
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- List of Stanford University people
References
[edit]- ^abSports-Reference, Olympic Sports, Athletes,Susan Rapp.Retrieved November 14, 2012.
- ^"Von der Lippe Is Still Making a Splash at 42".NY Times. May 11, 2008.RetrievedNovember 6,2014.
- ^"Susan G Von der Lippe – USMS Swimmer".
- ^"FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS – SHORT COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31, 2014"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on November 6, 2014.
- ^"FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS – LONG COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31, 2014"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on November 6, 2014.
External links
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- Susan von der Lippeat databaseOlympics (archived)
- Susan von der LippeatOlympedia
- Susan von der LippeatOlympics
- Susan von der LippeatWorld Aquatics
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