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In 2005, she was named head coach of the Stanford women's swimming and diving team. She was inducted into the [[Stanford Cardinal#Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame|Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame]] in 2006.<ref name=gostanf/> |
In 2005, she was named head coach of the Stanford women's swimming and diving team. She was inducted into the [[Stanford Cardinal#Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame|Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame]] in 2006.<ref name=gostanf/> |
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Maurer is a veteran celebrity swimmer for Swim Across America (SAA), a charitable organization that enlists former Olympic swimmers to raise funds for cancer research, and she has participated in three SAA events.<ref name=saaprofile>Swim Across America, Olympians, [http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/Page.aspx?pid=285 Lea Loveless Maurer]. Retrieved July 14, 2010.</ref> |
Maurer is a veteran celebrity swimmer for [[Swim Across America]] (SAA), a charitable organization that enlists former Olympic swimmers to raise funds for cancer research, and she has participated in three SAA events.<ref name=saaprofile>Swim Across America, Olympians, [http://www.swimacrossamerica.org/Page.aspx?pid=285 Lea Loveless Maurer]. Retrieved July 14, 2010.</ref> |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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| Full name | Lea E. Loveless-Maurer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 1, 1971 Yonkers, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 134 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lea E. Loveless Maurer (born April 1, 1971), née Lea E. Loveless, is an American college swimming coach and former college and international swimmer. She is currently the head coach of the Stanford University women's swimming and diving team. A former backstroke swimmer from the United States, she won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, swimming the backstroke leg of the 4x100-meter medley relay. She also won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke.[citation needed]
Swimming career
Maurer was born in Yonkers, New York.[1] 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, where she swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team under coach Randy Reese.[3] She transferred 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 in Evanston, Illinois. 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]
Maurer is a veteran celebrity swimmer for Swim Across America (SAA), a charitable organization that enlists former Olympic swimmers to raise funds for cancer research, and she has participated in three SAA events.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Lea Maurer biography". CityOfYonkers.com. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ "Badger Olympians". BadgerSwimClub. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
- ^ "University of Florida 2007-08 Swimming & Diving Media Guide" (PDF). GatorZone.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ a b c "Lea Maurer profile". GoStanford.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22.
- ^ Swim Across America, Olympians, Lea Loveless Maurer. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
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