Christin Zenner Explained

Christin Zenner
Strokes:Backstroke
Club:VfV Hildesheim
Coach:Jacqueline Zenner
Birth Date:18 March 1991
Birth Place:Plauen, Saxony, Germany
Weight:610NaN0
Show-Medals:no

Christin Zenner (born March 18, 1991, in Plauen, Saxony) is a German swimmer, who specialized in backstroke events.[1] She is a two-time champion in the 50 m backstroke at the European Junior Swimming Championships (2006 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain and 2007 in Antwerp, Belgium).[2] [3] Zenner is also a member of the swimming team for VfV Hildesheim, and is coached and trained by her mother Jacqueline Zenner.

Zenner qualified for two swimming events, as Germany's youngest swimmer (aged 17), at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by storming victories in the 100 and 200 m backstroke from the Olympic trials, in FINA A-standard entry times of 1:01.24 and 2:12.61.[4] [5] In the 100 m backstroke, Zenner challenged seven other swimmers on the sixth heat, including heavy favorites Reiko Nakamura of Japan and Laure Manaudou of France. She rounded out the field to last place and forty-second overall by one second behind Ukraine's Iryna Amshennikova in 1:03.87.[6] In her second event, 200 m backstroke, Zenner finished thirty-fourth overall in the preliminary heats with a slowest time of 2:20.28.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Christin Zenner. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417224205/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ze/christin-zenner-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 30 November 2012.
  2. News: Rusticus . Oene . Italy Highlights Third Day of European Junior Championships . . 9 July 2006 . 1 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070301075202/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/11556.asp . 1 March 2007 .
  3. News: Rusticus. Oene. European Juniors Take Aim at Championships Meet Records. Swimming World Magazine. 20 July 2007. 1 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130624110813/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/15201.asp. 24 June 2013.
  4. News: German Olympic Trials: Two European Records Tumble During Second Night. Swimming World Magazine. 19 April 2008. 1 April 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20130506132922/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17891.asp. 6 May 2013.
  5. News: German Olympic Trials: Good Day to Be Named Steffen . . 22 April 2008 . 10 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130311022251/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/17909.asp . 11 March 2013 .
  6. Web site: Women's 100m Backstroke Heat 6 . . NBC Olympics . 30 November 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120821032355/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW041900/index.html . 21 August 2012 .
  7. Web site: Women's 200m Backstroke Heat 2. Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. 30 November 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120821062401/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSWW042900/index.html. 21 August 2012.

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