Lea Loveless Maurer (born April 1, 1971), née Lea E. Loveless, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former college swimming coach. She represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she won a gold medal swimming the backstroke leg of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. She also won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke. She was the head coach of the Stanford University women's swimming and diving team from 2005 to 2012.[1]
Lea broke the 100m backstroke American record at 100.82 at the Barcelona Olympic Games leading off the World-Record earning 1992 medley relay. Lea later won the gold at the World Championships in Perth, Australia in 1998 bettering her own American Record to 100.77. In addition to her Olympic and world championship medals, Lea 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.[6] She continued to compete on the USA National Team until 2000.
Coaching careeredit
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 in Evanston, Illinois. From 1995 to 2005, she coached the boys' and girls' swim teams at Lake Forest High School in Lake 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.[6]
In 2005, she was named head coach of the Stanford women's swimming and diving team. She led the team to back-to-back Pac-10 championships in 2010 and 2011 and resigned following the 2012 season.[1] She was inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.[6]
Maurer is now a volunteer assistant coach for the Stanford men's water polo team since the spring of 2013.
She is a veteran celebrity swimmer for Swim Across America (SAA), a charitable organization that enlists former Olympic swimmers to raise funds for cancer research, and she has participated in three SAA events.[7]
She is also the assistant head coach for the USC Trojans under Coach Kipp.
^ abc. GoStanford.com. Archived from the original on December 28, 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2008.
^Swim Across America, Olympians, Lea Loveless Maurer. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
External linksedit
– Olympic Games results at databaseOlympics.com
January 01, 1970
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Lea Loveless Maurer born April 1 1971 nee Lea E Loveless is an American former competition swimmer Olympic champion and former college swimming coach She represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Spain where she won a gold medal swimming the backstroke leg of the women s 4 100 meter medley relay She also won a bronze medal in the 100 meter backstroke She was the head coach of the Stanford University women s swimming and diving team from 2005 to 2012 1 Lea MaurerLea Maurer in 2008Personal informationFull nameLea Loveless MaurerNational team United StatesBorn 1971 04 01 April 1 1971 age 53 Yonkers New YorkHeight5 ft 6 in 1 68 m Weight134 lb 61 kg SportSportSwimmingStrokesBackstrokeClubBadger Swim ClubCollege teamUniversity of FloridaStanford UniversityCoachRandy Reese Florida Richard Quick Stanford Medal record Women s swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 4 100 m medley 1992 Barcelona 100 m backstroke World Championships LC 1998 Perth 100 m backstroke 1998 Perth 4 100 m medley 1994 Rome 4 100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 1989 Tokyo 100 m backstroke 1989 Tokyo 4 100 m medley 1993 Kobe 100 m backstroke 1993 Kobe 4 100 m medley 1997 Fukuoka 4 100 m medley 1993 Kobe 200 m backstroke 1995 Atlanta 4 100 m medley 1997 Fukuoka 100 m backstroke 1997 Fukuoka 200 m backstroke Contents 1 Swimming career 1 1 College swimming 2 Coaching career 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksSwimming career editMaurer was born in Yonkers New York 2 Early in her career she was coached by John Collins of the Badger Swim Club in Larchmont New York 2 a coach and team that also produced Olympic champions Rick Carey and Cristina Teuscher 3 College swimming edit She attended the University of Florida in 1989 and 1990 where she swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team under coach Randy Reese 4 She transferred to Stanford University prior to the 1992 Olympics where she swam for Hall of Fame Coach Richard Quick 5 Lea broke the 100m backstroke American record at 100 82 at the Barcelona Olympic Games leading off the World Record earning 1992 medley relay Lea later won the gold at the World Championships in Perth Australia in 1998 bettering her own American Record to 100 77 In addition to her Olympic and world championship medals Lea 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 6 She continued to compete on the USA National Team until 2000 Coaching career editFollowing her retirement from competitive swimming Loveless Maurer who is married to fellow Stanford swimmer Erik Maurer became an assistant swimming coach at Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois From 1995 to 2005 she coached the boys and girls swim teams at Lake Forest High School in Lake 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 6 In 2005 she was named head coach of the Stanford women s swimming and diving team She led the team to back to back Pac 10 championships in 2010 and 2011 and resigned following the 2012 season 1 She was inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006 6 Maurer is now a volunteer assistant coach for the Stanford men s water polo team since the spring of 2013 She is a veteran celebrity swimmer for Swim Across America SAA a charitable organization that enlists former Olympic swimmers to raise funds for cancer research and she has participated in three SAA events 7 She is also the assistant head coach for the USC Trojans under Coach Kipp See also edit nbsp Biography portal nbsp Olympics portal List of Olympic medalists in swimming women List of Stanford University people List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming women World record progression 4 100 metres medley relayReferences edit a b Almond Elliott July 3 2012 Stanford swim coach Lea Maurer leaving alma mater San Jose Mercury News Retrieved July 9 2012 a b Lea Maurer biography CityOfYonkers com Archived from the original on May 22 2011 Retrieved July 21 2008 Badger Olympians BadgerSwimClub Archived from the original on July 3 2008 Retrieved July 21 2008 University of Florida 2007 08 Swimming amp Diving Media Guide PDF GatorZone com Retrieved February 22 2008 Richard Quick ISHOF org International Swimming Hall of Fame Archived from the original on July 8 2020 Retrieved July 18 2020 a b c Lea Maurer profile GoStanford com Archived from the original on December 28 2007 Retrieved February 22 2008 Swim Across America Olympians Lea Loveless Maurer Retrieved July 14 2010 External links editLea Loveless Olympic Games results at databaseOlympics com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lea Maurer amp oldid 1218639738, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
