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Full name | Susan von der Lippe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Fort Carson, Colorado, U.S. | July 5, 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Stanford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Susan von der Lippe (née Susan Gerard Rapp on July 5, 1965) is an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and Masters world record-holder in multiple events.
She attended Stanford University, where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition.
Rapp first qualified for the 1980 Olympic games, but was unable to compete due to the United States-led boycott of the Olympic games hosted by the Soviet Union. Four years later at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she had significant success. She won a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing with a time of 2:31.15. She earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, she also finished seventh in the final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke, recording a time of 1:11.45. [1]
Four years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Rapp competed in the B Final of the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing thirteenth overall with a time of 2:32.90. [1]
At the age of 42, von der Lippe qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100-meter breaststroke and 100-meter butterfly. [2]
As of 2014 [update], von der Lippe holds 61 individual U.S. Masters Swimming pool records, across the 35–39, 40–44 and 45–49 age groups. [3] She holds Masters World records in breaststroke, butterfly, individual medley in the 40–44 and 45–49 age groups. [4] [5]
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Susan von der Lippe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Fort Carson, Colorado, U.S. | July 5, 1965|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Stanford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Susan von der Lippe (née Susan Gerard Rapp on July 5, 1965) is an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and Masters world record-holder in multiple events.
She attended Stanford University, where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition.
Rapp first qualified for the 1980 Olympic games, but was unable to compete due to the United States-led boycott of the Olympic games hosted by the Soviet Union. Four years later at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she had significant success. She won a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing with a time of 2:31.15. She earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, she also finished seventh in the final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke, recording a time of 1:11.45. [1]
Four years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Rapp competed in the B Final of the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing thirteenth overall with a time of 2:32.90. [1]
At the age of 42, von der Lippe qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100-meter breaststroke and 100-meter butterfly. [2]
As of 2014 [update], von der Lippe holds 61 individual U.S. Masters Swimming pool records, across the 35–39, 40–44 and 45–49 age groups. [3] She holds Masters World records in breaststroke, butterfly, individual medley in the 40–44 and 45–49 age groups. [4] [5]