| Birth Date: | 9 February 1939 |
| Birth Place: | Magdeburg, Germany |
| Death Place: | Flensburg, Germany |
| Club: | Flensburger Schwimmklub |
Haide Klüglein (February 2, 1939–July 28, 2020) was a female German swimmer, who is starting for the Flensburger Schwimmklub (Flensburg swimming club).[1]
The multiple holder of swimming-records in Schleswig-Holstein (as of 2014),[2] German Champion (in 2011 and in 2013 over 2,5 kilometres Open water swimming)[3] [4] and German Vicechampion (in 2005 over 400 and 800 metres freestyle swimming)[5] as well as eight times World Championship-competitor (as of 2014)[6] reached her biggest successes on long distances in Open water swimming of the Masters, which Klüglein usually completes with two short distances. Before every competition in Open water swimming the exceptional sportswoman is in the habit of checking the official given water temperature by her own thermometer[7] – the German Swimming Federation dictates in general at German Championships at least 16 °C.[8]
For her success awarded the council of Flensburg Haide Klüglein in 2009 with the medal of honour in Bronze. Klüglein died in 2020 aged 81 in Flensburg.[9]
| Best results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Competition | Place | Kind of sport | Result | Time |
| 2005 | German Championships of Masters | Cologne/Germany | 400 m freestyle (age class 65) | 2nd place | |
| German Championships of Masters | Cologne/Germany | 800 m freestyle (age class 65) | 2nd place | ||
| 2009 | German Championships in Open Water Swimming 2009 | Lindau/Germany | 5 km Open Water Swimming (age class70) | ||
| International German Championships of Masters "Long distances" | Uelzen/Germany | 400 m freestyle (age class 70) | 3rd place | 8:37,39[10] | |
| International German Championships of Masters "Long distances" | Uelzen/Germany | 800 m freestyle (age class 70) | 3rd place | 17:24,91 | |
| 2010 | 13th FINA World Masters Championships | Gothenburg/Sweden | 50 m backstroke (age class 70) | 9th place | 0:52,97[11] |
| 13th FINA World Masters Championships | Gothenburg/Sweden | 50 m breaststroke (age class 70) | 13th place | 0:55,88 | |
| 2011 | International German Championships in Open Water Swimming 2011 | Rostock/Germany | 2,5 km Open Water swimming (age class 70) | 1st place | 1:09:19,54 |
| 2012 | 14th FINA World Masters Championships | Riccione/Italy | 50 m breaststroke (age class 70) | 15th place | 0:54,67[12] |
| 14th FINA World Masters Championships | Riccione/Italy | 50 m backstroke (age class 70) | 14th place | 0:53,43 | |
| 14th FINA World Masters Championships | Riccione/Italy | 3 km Open water swimming (age class 70) | 12th place | 58:20,5 | |
| 2013 | German championships in Open Water swimming 2013 | Duisburg/Germany | 2,5 km Open Water swimming (age class 70) | 1st place | 1:09,56,34 |
| 14th Arena European Masters Championships 2013/Open Water | Eindhoven/Netherlands | 3 km Open water swimming (age class 70) | 4th place | 1:25:00.00[13] | |
| 2014 | 15th FINA World Masters Championships | Montreal/Canada | 50 m breaststroke (age class 75) | 7th place | 0:56,89 |
| 15th FINA World Masters Championships | Montreal/Canada | 50 m backstroke (age class 75) | 7th place | 0:56,18 | |
| 15th FINA World Masters Championships | Montreal/Canada | 3 km Open water swimming (age class 75) | 7th Platz | 1:04:33,70 | |
| Records | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Record | Sport | Time | |
| 2004 | Record in Schleswig-Holstein | 400 m freestyle, short course (25 m), age class 65 | 7:34,82[14] | |
| 2005 | Record in Schleswig-Holstein | 1500 m freestyle, short course (25 m), age class 65 | 30:02,79 | |
| 2007 | Record in Schleswig-Holstein | 5000 m freestyle, age class 65 | 1:56:03,63 | |
| 2010 | Record in Schleswig-Holstein | 5000 m freestyle, age class 70 | 2:06:30,35 | |