Paul Biedermann

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Paul Biedermann 2015

Personal information
Surname: Paul Biedermann
Nation: Germany
Swimming style (s) : Freestyle
Society: SV Halle
Birthday: August 7, 1986
Place of birth: Halle (Saale) , GDR
Size: 1.94 m
Weight: 97 kg
Medal table
Medals

Paul Biedermann (born August 7, 1986 in Halle (Saale) ) is a former German swimming athlete . In 2009 he became world champion in the 200 and 400 meter freestyle. He is the first person to swim 200 meters freestyle in under 1:40 minutes.

Career

Paul Biedermann failed the seahorse test as a child . Biedermann was able to record his first major success at the European Championships in Eindhoven in 2008 over 200 meters freestyle, thereby improving Michael Groß's German record from 1984. A few weeks later, he improved his record to 1 at the German Championships in Berlin: 46.37 min. In the finals at the Olympic Games in Beijing , Biedermann was able to improve again and improve his German record to 1: 46.00 min.

Although Biedermann had to take a six-week training break in the winter of 2008/09 due to illness, he was able to set a European record over 200 meters freestyle in his first international competition in 2009 during the Mare Nostrum Tour.

At the swimming world championships in Rome in 2009 on July 26th, Biedermann won gold in the 400 meter freestyle and at the same time broke Ian Thorpe's seven-year record by a hundredth of a second, which until then had been considered hard to beat by experts. Thorpe called him after the race and congratulated him with the words: "It wasn't just the suit, it was you". Two days later, he also secured the gold medal in the 200 meter freestyle and relegated 14-time Olympic and 18-time world champion Michael Phelps , who, however, had renounced the swimsuit, which was later banned, to second place. He had to admit defeat by 1.2 seconds and at the same time lost his world record, which Biedermann undercut by almost a second. It was Phelps' first loss at a major international event since the 2005 World Championships in Montreal. Together with Helge Meeuw , Hendrik Feldwehr and Benjamin Starke , Biedermann set a European record (3: 28.58 min) with the 4 × 100 meter relay in Rome, which is behind the world record (3: 27.28 min) swimming US Michael Phelps' quartet meant winning the silver medal.

Award ceremony at the 2015 World Cup

Despite meeting the standard, Biedermann decided not to take part in the 2014 World Short Course Championships in Doha . At the 2015 World Championships , he won bronze in the 200 meter freestyle. At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , he was over 200 meters freestyle and sixth with the German 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay. Then he ended his career.

Biedermann trained with Frank Embacher at SV Halle .

From 2010 to 2015 he was in a relationship with the swimmer Britta Steffen .

More Achievements

Biedermann at the World Swimming Championships in Rome (2009)

German Short Course Championships 2003:

  • 1st place over 800 meters freestyle
  • 1st place over 1500 meters freestyle

German Championships 2004 :

  • 2nd place over 800 meters freestyle
  • 3rd place over 400 meters freestyle
  • 5th place over 1500 meters freestyle

European Youth Championships 2004:

  • 1st place over 200 meters freestyle
  • 1st place over 400 meters freestyle
  • 1st place over 1500 meters freestyle
  • 2nd place in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle

German Championships 2005 :

  • 1st place over 200 meters freestyle (in 1: 48.73 min)
  • 2nd place over 400 meters freestyle
  • 3rd place over 1500 meters freestyle

German Championships 2006 :

  • 1st place over 200 meters freestyle (in 1: 48.48 min)
  • 1st place over 400 meters freestyle (in 3: 48.76 min)

German Championships 2007 :

  • 1st place over 400 meters freestyle (in 3: 49.36 min)

German Championships 2008 :

  • 1st place over 200 meters freestyle (in 1: 46.37 min)
  • 1st place over 400 meters freestyle (in 3: 47.69 min)
  • 2nd place over 100 meters freestyle (in 49.27 s)

Olympic Games 2008

  • 5th place over 200 meters freestyle (in 1:46:00 min)

German Short Course Championships 2008 :

  • 1st place over 800 meters freestyle (in 7: 35.23 min, European record )
  • 1st place over 400 meters freestyle (in 3: 34.98 min, European record)
  • 1st place over 200 meters freestyle (in 1: 41.42 min)

German Championships 2009 in Berlin:

  • 1st place over 100 meters freestyle (in 48.39 s, German record )
  • 1st place over 200 meters freestyle (in 1: 44.71 minutes, European record)
  • 1st place over 400 meters freestyle (in 3: 46.67 minutes, German record)

Records

World records (3)
200 m freestyle 1: 42.00 min July 28, 2009 Rome
200 m freestyle (short course) 1: 39.37 min November 15, 2009 Berlin
400 m freestyle 3: 40.07 min July 26, 2009 Rome
European records (2)
800 m freestyle (short course) 7: 35.23 min November 27, 2008 eat
4 × 100 m layers (with Meeuw , Feldwehr and Starke ) 3: 27.28 min August 2, 2009 Rome
German Records (1)
100 m freestyle 48.39 s June 26, 2009 Berlin
(As of November 15, 2012)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Paul Biedermann  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biedermann also wins over 200 m with a world record. Focus , November 15, 2009, accessed December 28, 2010 .
  2. ↑ Sebastian Kayser: Swimming World Championship in Rome Paul Supermann: World Championship title and world record! Image, July 27, 2009, accessed December 14, 2009 .
  3. ^ Breaking Ian Thorpe's 400m record stuns German Paul Biedermann foxsports.com
  4. ↑ Petra Szag: Paul Biedermann ends sports career - Longing for normalcy Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, September 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ Britta Steffen and Paul Biedermann are a couple . Die Welt online on March 31, 2010
  6. ↑ Steffen and Biedermann split up n-tv.de October 2, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Biedermann, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Halle (Saale) , GDR