Annika Liebs
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Surname: | Annika Liebs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nation: | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle , back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Society: | SV Würzburg 05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Birthday: | 6th September 1979 (age 40) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Karlsruhe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Size: | 1.72 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight: | 62 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Annika Liebs (born September 6, 1979 in Karlsruhe ) is a former German swimmer .
Career
Liebs lives in Gerbrunn . She started for SV Würzburg 05 . Her specialty disciplines were the freestyle and back courses , especially the 200 m.
She has been the German record holder for the 200 m freestyle course on the 50 m track since 2007: At the German Winter Championships in November 2006 in Hanover , Liebs missed Franziska van Almsick's world record in the 200 m freestyle by just nine hundredths of a second . Five months later, at the 2007 World Swimming Championships , she improved van Almsick's time by almost a second in the finals when she won silver, which meant a new German record . The time was the second fastest time ever swum over the 200 m freestyle. Only the French winner Laure Manaudou was 16 hundredths of a second faster.
In 2006 Annika Liebs married Stefan Lurz, the brother of Thomas Lurz , who also started for SVW 05 , and took his last name. Stefan Lurz also looked after his wife as a trainer. In 2009 she ended her sporting career. Today she works as a primary school teacher. She has been divorced from Stefan Lurz since November 2013 and her last name is Liebs again.
More Achievements
A total of 14 titles in the German swimming championships (short and long course) over 200 m back, 200 m freestyle, 400 m medley, 400 m freestyle, 800 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m medley and 4 × 200 m freestyle.
Records
German Records (3) | |||
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200 m freestyle | 01: 55.68 min | March 28, 2007 | Melbourne |
4 × 200 m freestyle (with Dallmann , Samulski and Steffen ) | 07: 50.82 min | August 3, 2006 | Budapest |
4 × 200 m back SV Würzburg 05 | 09: 43.84 min | December 16, 2005 | Wurzburg |
(As of August 4, 2009) |
Web links
- Portrait on the website of SV Würzburg 05
- Results at the DSV
- Annika Liebs in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Annika Liebs in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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SURNAME | Dear Annika |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 6, 1979 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |