Leonie Beck

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Leonie Beck
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 (age 27)
Augsburg, Germany [1]
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Budapest Team open water
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Fukuoka 5 km open water
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2023 Fukuoka 10 km open water
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2022 Budapest 10 km open water
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Gwangju 5 km open water
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rome 10 km open water
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Belgrade 5 km open water
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2024 Belgrade 10 km open water
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Glasgow 5 km open water
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2018 Glasgow Team relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Budapest Team relay

Leonie Antonia Beck (born 27 May 1997) is a German swimmer. She competed in the women's 800 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [2]

At the 2022 European Aquatics Championships, held in Rome, Italy with open water swimming at Ostia in August, Beck won the gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 2:01:13.4. [3] [4] [5]

As part of the 2023 FINA Open Water Tour, Beck first won the gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim at the first leg, in Egypt in early May, with a time of 2:04:05.60 before following up with a gold medal victory also in the 10 kilometre swim on 20 May at the second leg, held in Golfo Aranci, Italy, with a time of 1:56:17.40. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Leonie Beck". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 July 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Leonie Beck". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "EP plivanje: Talijan Acerenza i Njemica Beck najbolji na 10km" (in Croatian). Glas Istre . 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Freiwasser: Gold für Leonie Beck über 10 Kilometer" (in German). ZDF . 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "EM-Gold für Leonie Beck: „Das lief mal gut, es hat Spaß gemacht“" (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Open Water World Cup 2023. Somabay (Meet 1). Vincono I tedeschi Leonie Beck e Florian Wellbrock" (in Italian). nuoto.com. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
  7. ↑ Tiseo, Giandomenico (20 May 2023). "Nuoto di fondo, Ginevra Teddeucci e Giulia Gabbrielleschi sul podio nella 10 km a Golfo Aranci. Beck vittoriosa" (in Italian). OA Sport. Retrieved 20 May 2023.


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