Marianne limpert biography

Marianne Louise Limpert (born October 10, 1972) is a.
Marianne Louise Limpert is a Canadian former freestyle and medley swimmer who competed in the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Biography.

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Marianne Limpert

Biography

The start of Marianne Limpert’s 15-year career as a member of the Canadian national team was in 1990 with her first major international event at Barcelona 1992, making the final in both her races (200m individual medley, 4x100m freestyle relay). The 200m individual medley was Limpert’s only individual event at Atlanta 1996, the other’s being the relays. She had an outstanding swim to win the silver medal in her speciality, beaten by Ireland’s Michelle Smith who later received a four-year ban for tampering with a drug test urine sample. As soon as Limpert received her medal from Prince Albert of Monaco, she presented it to her father, a German-born boxer who was unable to compete for Canada because of his citizenship. At Sydney 2000, Limpert just missed the podium in the 200m individual medley by 0.12 seconds and made the finals in all three relays. At the age of 31, Limpert attempted to become the first Canadian to swim in four Olympic Games but fell short of that goal for Athens 2004.

During her 15-year career, Limpert represented Canada

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Marianne Limpert

Canadian swimmer (born 1972)

Marianne Louise Limpert (born October 10, 1972) is a Canadian former freestyle and medleyswimmer who competed in the Summer Olympics for Canada in 1992, 1996 and 2000, and won the silver medal in the 200-metre individual medley in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was also Canada's flagbearer at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The University of New Brunswick, in her hometown of Fredericton, New Brunswick, has an annual swim meet, the Marianne Limpert Team Cup, named after her.^[1]

At the 1993 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, she won a bronze medal in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay.^[2]^[3]^[4]

At the 1995 Pan American Games, she won two silver medals in the 200-metre freestyle and in the 200-metre individual medley, and a bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle.^[5]

At the 1995 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, she won a bronze medal in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay.^[6]^[3]^[7]

At the 1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships,

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It’s something we should be proud of!

The name Marianne Limpert is well known in New Brunswick. In 1996, this New Brunswicker brought honour to the province when she won the silver medal in swimming at the Atlanta Olympic Games. What is less well known is that, in a way, her training was carried out in both official languages. Her coach, a Quebecker, spoke to her in English in order to improve his proficiency in that language. As for Marianne, she seized every opportunity to improve her French. She would often help her Francophone teammates who spoke little, if any, English.

“I enjoy talking to people and making them feel comfortable with me,” said the former Olympic swimmer. “I believe there is no better way of doing that than by communicating with them in their own language.” In addition to English and French, Marianne speaks German, her parents’ mother tongue.

After studying and working here and there across Canada, Marianne decided to come back
to New Brunswick where she likes the pace of life. Working in communications, she greatly appreciates the province’s bilingual sta