Jutta Weber Explained

Birth Date:28 June 1954
Birth Place:Hamm, West Germany
Height:1.69m (05.54feet)
Weight:55kg (121lb)
Sport:Swimming
Club:Wasserfreunde Wuppertal
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Judith "Jutta" Weber (later Meeuw, born 28 June 1954) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, and won bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m medley relay events in 1972. She repeated this achievement next year at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships. In 1974, she won a European silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley.

Individually, she became national champion in the 100 m (1972, 1973, 1975–1977) and 200 m freestyle (1972, 1973, 1975, 1976).[1] The FRG 1976 Olympic team for the 200 m freestyle included Regina Nissen, Marion Platten and Weber.[2]

Her husband, Folkert Meeuw, competed for West Germany in swimming at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1972. Her son, Helge Meeuw, also competed in swimming, for unified Germany, in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics, and won a silver medal in 2012.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/s/schwimmen/hst/133.html Schwimmen – Deutsche Meisterschaften (Damen-Teil 1)
  2. Web site: 200 m freestyle W - Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal - Results. games-encyclo-team. The. games-encyclo.org. 14 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220142615/http://games-encyclo.org/index.php?id=7820&L=1. 20 December 2016. usurped.