- Lea Maurer
Lea Loveless Maurer (born
April 1 ,1971 inYonkers, New York cite web|url=http://www.cityofyonkers.com/Index.aspx?page=1606|title=Lea Maurer biography|publisher=CityOfYonkers.com|accessdate=2008-07-21] ) is a former backstrokeswimmer from theUnited States who won a gold medal at the1992 Summer Olympics inBarcelona, Spain , swimming the backstroke leg of the 4x100m medley relay. She also won a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke.wimming career
Early in her career, she was coached by John Collins of the Badger Swim Club in
Larchmont, New York , a coach and team that also produced Olympic championsRick Carey andCristina Teuscher cite web|url=http://www.badgersc.com/2004/b0102pt0617spbad.html|title=Badger Olympians|publisher=BadgerSwimClub|accessdate=2008-07-21] . She attended theUniversity of Florida in 1989 and 1990,cite web|url=http://www.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/media/2007/pdf/85_history.pdf|title=University of Florida 2007-08 Swimming & Diving Media Guide|publisher=GatorZone.com|accessdate=2008-02-22] before transferring toStanford University prior to the 1992 Olympics. In addition to her Olympic medals, she swam on three of Stanford's NCAA swimming championship teams in 1992, 1993, and 1994. She also won three NCAA individual championships in the 100 meter backstroke and one in the 200 meter backstroke.cite web|url=http://gostanford.cstv.com/sports/w-swim/mtt/maurer_lea00.html|title=Lea Maurer profile|publisher=GoStanford.com|accessdate=2008-02-22] She continued to compete on the USA National Team until 2000.Coaching career
Following her retirement from competitive swimming, Loveless Maurer, who is married to fellow Stanford swimmer Erik Maurer, became an assistant swimming coach at
Northwestern University . From 1995 to 2005, she coached the boys' and girls' swim teams at Lake Forest High School inLake Forest, Illinois , during which time the girls' team won the state championship in 2002 and 2003, and the boys' team won the state championship in 2003.In 2005, she was named head coach of the Stanford women's swimming and diving team. She was inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.
External links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=LOVELLEA01 Lea Loveless's Olympic results]
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