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Best Female Swimmer Britta Steffen Biography And Nice Pictures

Sports: Swimming
Residence: Germany
Britta Steffen (born 16 November 1983 in Schwedt, Germany) is a German swimmer who specializes in freestyle, who is the current holder of the world record in women's 50 and 100 metre freestyle.

Britta Steffen

Female Swimmer Marieke Guehrer Biography, Pictures And Wallpapers

Marieke Katherine Guehrer (born 9 February 1986) is an Australian swimmer who is the world record holder in the 50 metres butterfly short course. She clocked 24.99 seconds. After her breakout meet in late 2008, Guehrer broke her personal best times in several events, also breaking the short course 50 m butterfly world record. At the 2009 Telstra Aus trials, she earned an individual spot in the 100 m freestyle clocking 54.28 along with a spot on the 4x100 m Freestyle relay team. The next day she clocked 25.60 s in the 50 m Butterfly, easily making the qualifying time and becoming the third fastest in history in that event, after some thunderous times posted in the semi-finals, the fasted qualifiers failed to match their times in the final, and Guehrer won gold. At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships, Guehrer picked up her first medal on day one with a bronze medal in the 4x100 m freestyle relay. With a tremendously fast semi-finals in the 50 m Butterfly, from lane 6 Guehrer caused an upset capturing gold. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Guehrer won silver in the 50m butterfly final to Francesca Halsall and won gold in the 4 by 100 freestyle relay.

Marieke Guehrer

Top Swimmer Schoeman Roland Profile, Pictures And Wallpapers

Schoeman Roland Profile

Full Name: Roland Mark Schoeman
Nationality: South Africa
Born: 3 July 1980, Pretoria, South Africa
Sports: Swimming
Stroke: freestyle, butterfly, breaststroke
Club: Northern Tigers Swimming
College Team: Arizona Wildcats (USA)

Schoeman Roland

Female Swimmer Dara Torres Profile, Pictures And Wallpapers

Dara Torres Profile

Full Name: Dara Grace Torres
Nickname: "DT"
Birth Name: Angelena Dara Grace Torres
Birth Date: April 15, 1967
Birth Place: Jupiter, Florida, USA
Nationality: United States
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight: 150 lb (68 kg)
Sports: Swimming
Club: Culver City
Gender: Female
Education: Attended University of Florida
Famous As: Swimmer

Dara Torres

Keri Anne Payne Profile and Images

Keri Anne Payne Profile

Full name: Keri Anne Payne
Nationality: British
Born: 9 December 1987 (age 24)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height: 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight: 67 kg (10 st 8 lb)
Sport: Swimming
Club: Stockport Metro
Gender: Female

Keri Anne Payne

Norwegian world champion Alexander Dale Oen dead at Age 26

Norwegian world champion Alexander Dale Oen dead at Age 26

Norwegian world champion swimmer Alexander Dale Oen has died of a suspected heart attack in Arizona at the age of 26, the Norwegian Olympic Committee said on Tuesday.

Alexander Dale Oen (21 May 1985 – 30 April 2012) was a Norwegian swimmer. He represented the club Vestkantsvømmerne. Dale Oen's gold at the 2008 European Championships made him the first Norwegian male to win a medal at a major international long course championship.

Oen got his international breakthrough in 2005, placing seventh in the 100-metre breaststroke during the 2005 World Aquatics Championships. During the European short-course Championships in December the same year, he swam the 100 m breaststroke in 59.05 seconds, placing fourth and setting a new Nordic Record. He became the first Norwegian to swim this distance in less than 1 minute. At the Norwegian Short Course Championships two months later, he bettered that time to 58.81, a world best mark for the year.
On 30 April 2012, at around 19:50 MST Dale Oen was found unconscious in his hotel bathroom after having suffered a cardiac arrest. He was found in his bathroom by one of his teammates, and CPR was performed before Dale Oen was brought to Flagstaff Medical Center. He was pronounced dead at 21:00 MST. Dale Oen was attending a training camp with the Norwegian swimming team in Flagstaff, Arizona at the time of his death.

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