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.
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]
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]
susan, lippe, née, susan, gerard, rapp, july, 1965, american, competition, swimmer, olympic, medalist, masters, world, record, holder, multiple, events, rapp, 1984personal, informationfull, namenational, teamunited, statesborn, 1965, july, 1965, fort, carson, . Susan von der Lippe nee Susan Gerard Rapp on July 5 1965 is an American competition swimmer Olympic medalist and Masters world record holder in multiple events Susan von der LippeRapp in 1984Personal informationFull nameSusan von der LippeNational teamUnited StatesBorn 1965 07 05 July 5 1965 age 58 Fort Carson Colorado U S Height5 ft 10 in 1 78 m Weight146 lb 66 kg SportSportSwimmingStrokesBreaststrokeCollege teamStanford UniversityMedal record Representing the United StatesOlympic Games1984 Los Angeles 4 100m medley1984 Los Angeles 200 m breaststrokePan American Games1983 Caracas 200 m breaststroke1983 Caracas 200 m medleyShe 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 See also editList of Masters world records in swimming List of Olympic medalists in swimming women List of Stanford University peopleReferences edit a b Sports Reference com Olympic Sports Athletes Susan Rapp Retrieved November 14 2012 Von der Lippe Is Still Making a Splash at 42 NY Times May 11 2008 Retrieved November 6 2014 Susan G Von der Lippe USMS Swimmer FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS SHORT COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31 2014 PDF Archived from the original PDF on November 6 2014 FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS LONG COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31 2014 PDF Archived from the original PDF on November 6 2014 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Susan Rapp Susan von der Lippe at databaseOlympics com archived Susan von der Lippe at Olympedia nbsp Susan von der Lippe at Olympics com nbsp Susan von der Lippe at World Aquatics nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a swimming Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Susan von der Lippe amp oldid 1187647167, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
