Nicole Hetzer

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Nicole Hetzer
Personal information
Full nameNicole Hetzer
NationalityFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (1979-02-18) February 18, 1979 (age 44)
Leipzig, Saxony, East Germany
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Medley
ClubSportverein Wacker Burghausen
Medal record
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Athens 400 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Budapest 400 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Berlin 400 m medley
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Antwerp 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1998 Sheffield 200 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1998 Sheffield 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Lisbon 400 m medley
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2001 Antwerp 200 m medley
Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Izmir 200 m medley
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2005 Izmir 400 m medley

Nicole Hetzer (born February 18, 1979 in Leipzig, Saxony) is a retired female medley swimmer from Germany.

Swimming career

Hetzer competed twice for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. Hetzer collected several medals at international tournaments in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), especially in the short course (25 metres). Despite being of German nationality she won the 400 metres medley title in 1997 at the ASA National British Championships. [1]

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References

  1. ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1997, p. 42". Times Digital Archive.