ANTJE BUSCHSCHULTE

Olympic bronze medal in swimming

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ANTJE BUSCHSCHULTE

Olympic bronze medal in swimming

Born	December 27th, 1978, in Berlin (West)
Place of residence	Magdeburg
Discipline	Swimming
Club	SC Magdeburg

Greatest sporting achievements

Olympic bronze medalist
4 x 100 m freestyle (1996)
4 x 200 m freestyle (2000, 2004)
200 m backstroke (2004)
4 x 100 m medley (2004)

World champion
4 x 100 m freestyle (2001)
100 m backstroke (2003)

European champion
100 m backstroke (1997)
4 x 100 m freestyle (1997)
4 x 200 m freestyle (1997)
4 x 100 m medley (1997)
4 x 100 m freestyle (1999)
4 x 100 m medley (2002)

Numerous other World Championships and medals

CAREER

Antje Buschschulte is one of the most successful German swimmers of the 1990s and 2000s. At the age of 17, this exceptional athlete moved from the club SG Hamburg to SC Magdeburg, where she attended the high school for sports and joined her long-time coach Bernd Henneberg. She won more than 50 international medals at Olympic Games, World Championships, and European Championships. Antje Buschschulte is the only German swimmer to have competed in every major international competition (European Championships, World Championships, Olympic Games) each year between 1995 and 2008 for 14 consecutive years. In 2003, the swimmer from Magdeburg was also the first German individual world champion in the 100 m backstroke since reunification.

Included on the Sports Walk of Fame

Sponsor:Antje Buschschulte was one of the first ten athletes to be honoured on the Sports Walk of Fame in Magdeburg in 2007. She was selected by public vote from 150 nominations. By including her in the Walk of Fame, the city recognized her outstanding international achievements and her role as a figurehead for SC Magdeburg. An inscription on the ground plaque commemorates the fact that this exceptional athlete has won several Olympic bronze medals.