Paul Biedermann
_cropped.jpg) |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Biedermann | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Superman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Germany |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 August 1986 Halle, Germany |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (210 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stroke(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SV Halle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Medal record
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Biedermann (born 7 August 1986) is a German swimmer from Halle and a former 200 and 400 metre freestyle long course world champion. He holds the long course and short course world records in the 200 meters freestyle, and the long course world record in the 400 meters freestyle.
Contents |
Career [edit]
Biedermann won the 200 m freestyle long course in the 2008 European Aquatics Championships final, finishing in a time of 1:46.59 seconds. With the times over 400 m freestyle (3:47.69) and 200 m freestyle (NR in 1:46.37) Biedermann managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing. At the Olympics, he placed fifth in the 200 m freestyle final (1:46.00) and 17th overall in the 400 m freestyle (3:48.03).
2009 Long Course & 2010 Short Course World Championships [edit]
On 26 July 2009, Biedermann won the 400 m freestyle final at the 2009 World Championships passing 1500m Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli in the final 50 metres, with a time of 3:40.07, shaving nearly three seconds off his own personal best and bettering Ian Thorpe's 2002 world record by one hundredth of a second.[1]
On 28 July he claimed his second gold in the 200 m freestyle, defeating Michael Phelps in a world record time of 1:42.00 seconds and cutting more than four seconds off of his time since last year.[2] In 2008, Biedermann was ranked 9th in the world in the 200 m freestyle and 21st in the world in the 400 m freestyle.[3]
In the 2010 world short course championships Biedermann won gold in the 400m Freestyle, beating Oussama Mellouli again in a race that unfolded almost identical to their race in Rome the previous year. In the 200m freestyle, although he was the world record holder, Biedermann placed only 5th. He was over a second behind the first place finisher Ryan Lochte.
2011 Long Course World Championships [edit]
Biedermann collected bronze medals in the 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 4x100m medley relay, as well as finishing 4th in the 4x200m freestyle relay. He was out touched by Michael Phelps by 0.09s in the individual 200m freestyle, however getting the better of him in the relay lead off leg beating Phelps by 0.33s, bringing their rivalry to 3-3 in major meet finals.
Personal Bests [edit]
- 200 m freestyle: 1:42.00 (28 July, 2009) WR
- 400 m freestyle: 3:40.07 (26 July, 2009) WR
References [edit]
- ^ Meadows, Mark (2009-07-26). "Biedermann smashes 400 freestyle world record". Reuters.com. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ "Brilliant Biedermann beats Phelps". BBC Sport. 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ Amy Shipley (29 July 2009). "At Worlds, 'It's Not About the Swimmer'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- (German) Results from DSV
External links [edit]
- Swim Rankings Results
- (German) Official Homepage
- Profile at i-swimmer.ru
- Profile at sportsreference.com
Media related to Paul Biedermann at Wikimedia Commons
Media related to | Records | ||
|---|---|---|
Preceded by Ian Thorpe |
Men's 200 metre freestyle world record holder (short course) 15 November 2008 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Ian Thorpe |
Men's 400 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 26 July 2009 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
Preceded by Michael Phelps |
Men's 200 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 28 July 2009 – present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Grant Hackett |
Men's 400 metre freestyle world record holder (short course) 24 November 2009 – 15 November 2012 |
Succeeded by Yannick Agnel |
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Alain Bernard |
European Swimmer of the Year 2009 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Matthias Steiner |
German Sportsman of the Year 2009 |
Succeeded by Sebastian Vettel |
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
|
|||||
- 1986 births
- Living people
- German swimmers
- People from Halle (Saale)
- Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Germany
- World record holders in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
