Carla Stampfli

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Carla Stampfli
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Full nameCarla Stampfli
National teamFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Born (1984-04-25) 25 April 1984 (age 40)
Zurich, Switzerland
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Butterfly
ClubSC Solothurn

Carla Stampfli (born 25 April 1984) is a Swiss former swimmer, who specialized in butterfly events and later became a professional triathlete. [1] She is a single-time Olympian (2004), a 27-time Swiss swimming champion, and a short-course national record holder in the 100 m butterfly (2007). [2] [3]

Stampfli qualified for the women's 4×100 m medley relay, as a member of the Swiss team, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. [4] [5] Teaming with Dominique Diezi (backstroke), Carmela Schlegel (breaststroke), and Nicole Zahnd (freestyle), Stampfli swam the butterfly leg and recorded a split of 1:03.37. Stampfli and the entire Swiss team finished the race in seventh place and fifteenth overall with a final time of 4:15.54. [6] [7]

Five years later, in 2009, Stampfli embarked on a new career as a professional triathlete. She eventually earned her first title from the first meet of the 2012 Ironman 70.3 series in Pucón, Chile (4:38:03). [8]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Seven National Records Fall at Swiss Championships". Swimming World Magazine. 4 December 2007. Archived from the original on 13 December 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Die Solothurner Rekordschwimmerin Carla Stampfli ist zurück" [Swimming record holder Carla Stampfli from Solothurn is back] (in German). Solothurner Zeitung. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Swimming – Women's 4×100m Medley Relay Startlist (Heat 1)" (PDF). Athens 2004 . Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Schwimmen: Carla Stampfli für Athen qualifiziert" [Swimming: Carla Stampfli qualified for Athens] (in German). SC Solothurn. 2004. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Women's 4×100m Medley Heat 1". Athens 2004 . BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Stephen (20 August 2004). "Women's 400 Medley Relay, Prelims Day 7: Aussies Qualify Ahead of USA in Two-Way Battle for Gold". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Manocchio and Stampfli Claim Ironman 70.3 Pucon Titles". Ironman Triathlon. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 12 May 2013.


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