Personal information | |
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Full name | Birte Steven |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Hannover, Lower Saxony, West Germany | 11 October 1980
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
Club | SGJ Hannover |
College team | Oregon State University (U.S.) |
Coach | Larry Liebowitz (U.S.) |
Birte Steven (born 11 October 1980) is a German former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. [1] She is a ten-time All-Pacific honoree, and also a sixth-place finalist in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2007 FINA World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. [2] Since 2007, Steven currently holds a long-course German record of 2:25.33 from the national championships. [3]
Steven qualified for the women's 200 m breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by attaining an A-standard entry time of 2:25.95 from the German Olympic trials. [4] [5] In the morning's preliminary heats, Steven recorded the seventh fastest time of 2:27.42 to secure her spot in the semifinal run. On the evening session, Steven failed to qualify for the final, as she placed eleventh overall in the semifinals, with a time of 2:29.22. [6]
Steven is also a member of the swimming team for the Oregon State Beavers, and a former student major in psychology at the Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon.
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