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Lea Maurer

Medal record
Women’s Swimming
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 4x100m Medley
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 100m Backstroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth 100m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1998 Perth 4x100m Medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Tokyo 100m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1989 Tokyo 4x100m Medley
Gold medal – first place 1993 Kobe 100m Backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1993 Kobe 4x100m Medley
Gold medal – first place 1997 Fukuoka 4x100m Medley
Silver medal – second place 1997 Fukuoka 100m Backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1997 Fukuoka 200m Backstroke

Lea Loveless Maurer (born April 1, 1971 in Yonkers, New York[1]) is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States who won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, swimming the backstroke leg of the 4x100m medley relay. She also won a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke.

Swimming career

Early in her career, she was coached by John Collins of the Badger Swim Club in Larchmont, New York,[1] a coach and team that also produced Olympic champions Rick Carey and Cristina Teuscher[2]. She attended the University of Florida in 1989 and 1990,[3] before transferring to Stanford University prior to the 1992 Olympics. In addition to her Olympic medals, she swam on three of Stanford's NCAA swimming championship teams in 1992, 1993, and 1994. She also won three NCAA individual championships in the 100 meter backstroke and one in the 200 meter backstroke.[4] She continued to compete on the USA National Team until 2000.

Coaching career

Following her retirement from competitive swimming, Loveless Maurer, who is married to fellow Stanford swimmer Erik Maurer, became an assistant swimming coach at Northwestern University. From 1995 to 2005, she coached the boys' and girls' swim teams at Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois, during which time the girls' team won the state championship in 2002 and 2003, and the boys' team won the state championship in 2003.[4]

In 2005, she was named head coach of the Stanford women's swimming and diving team. She was inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Lea Maurer biography". CityOfYonkers.com. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  2. ^ "Badger Olympians". BadgerSwimClub. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  3. ^ "University of Florida 2007-08 Swimming & Diving Media Guide" (PDF). GatorZone.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
  4. ^ a b c "Lea Maurer profile". GoStanford.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22.


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