Birte Steven
Birte Steven 
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| Personal information | |
| Surname: | Birte Steven |
| Nation: |
 Germany
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| Swimming style (s) : | chest |
| Society: | AMTV-FTV Hamburg |
| Birthday: | October 11, 1980 |
| Place of birth: | Hanover |
| Size: | 1.73 m |
| Weight: | 62 kg |
Birte Steven (born October 11, 1980 in Hanover ) is a German swimmer who has competed for AMTV-FTV Hamburg since 2006 .
Career
Birte Steven began her swimming career in Lower Saxony at SC Barsinghausen. In 2004 she became German champion and in 2006 German winter champion in the 200 m breaststroke . In 2004 she took part in the Olympic Games in Athens and reached eleventh place, also over 200 meters chest. In November 2006 she was ranked 12th in the world in this discipline. At the Swimming World Championships in Melbourne in 2007 , she reached the semi-finals over the 100-meter course, where she finished 14th in 1: 09.46 minutes. In the final over 200 m breaststroke, she finished sixth with 2: 28.13 minutes. At the following German championships she won a new German record (2: 25.33 minutes).
Birte Steven is a doctoral candidate in neurosciences at the Eppendorf University Medical Center in Hamburg .
successes
200 m chest
- 1st place US Open (2003)
- 6th place World Championship (2007)
- 7th place Universiade (2005)
- 11th place Olympic Games (2004)
- 1st place German Championship (2004)
- 1st place German Winter Championship (2006)
- 3rd place German championship short course (2005)
- 5th place German Championship (2006)
- 1st place German Championship (2007) (see above)
100 m chest
- 2nd place German Winter Championship (2006)
- 3rd place US Open (2003)
- 5th place German Championship (2006)
- 6th place German championship short course (2005)
Records
Explanation of symbols
- DR - German record
Personal bests
- 100 m chest - 01:09:15 min (March 10, 2007 Berlin )
- 200 m chest - 02: 25.33 min DR (on April 15, 2007 in Berlin )
National records
| German Records (1) | |||
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| 200 m chest | 02: 25.33 min | April 15, 2007 | Berlin |
| (As of August 1, 2008) | |||
Web links
- Birte Steven in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Birte Steven in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Steven, Birte |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |