Antje Buschschulte

Antje Buschschulte

Personal information
Nationality	Germany
Born	(1978-12-27) 27 December 1978 (age 42) West Berlin, West Germany
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle, Backstroke
Club	Sportclub Magdeburg
show Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 5 World Championships (LC) 2 5 3 World Championships (SC) 2 2 1 European Championships (LC) 6 3 4 European Championships (SC) 11 12 2 Total 21 21 15 Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta 4×100 m freestyle 2000 Sydney 4×200 m freestyle 2004 Athens 200 m backstroke 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley 2004 Athens 4×200 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2001 Fukuoka 2003 Barcelona 100 m backstroke 1998 Perth 4×100 m freestyle 2001 Fukuoka 2001 Fukuoka 2005 Montreal 100 m backstroke 2005 Montreal 4×100 m freestyle 2001 Fukuoka 2005 Montreal 50 m backstroke 2005 Montreal 4×100 m medley World Championships (SC) 2000 Athens 2000 Athens 1997 Gothenburg 2000 Athens 2000 Athens European Championships (LC) 1997 Seville 100 m backstroke 1997 Seville 4×100 m freestyle 1997 Seville 4×200 m freestyle 1997 Seville 4×100 m medley 1999 Istanbul 2002 Berlin 1997 Seville 200 m backstroke 2006 Budapest 2006 Budapest 1997 Seville 100 m freestyle 2000 Helsinki 2002 Berlin 2006 Budapest European Championships (SC) 1996 Rostock 1996 Rostock 1998 Sheffield 200 m backstroke 1999 Lisbon 2002 Riesa 2002 Riesa 2003 Dublin 2003 Dublin 2004 Vienna 2006 Helsinki 2006 Helsinki 1996 Rostock 1996 Rostock 1996 Rostock 1998 Sheffield 1999 Lisbon 2002 Riesa 2002 Riesa 2003 Dublin 2003 Dublin 2004 Vienna 2004 Vienna 2006 Helsinki 1999 Lisbon 2002 Riesa

Antje Buschschulte (born 27 December 1978 in Berlin) is a former German swimmer. Her best disciplines were the short distance backstroke and freestyle races. Buschschulte swam for the sporting club SC Magdeburg. She participated in Olympic Games 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and won 5 olympic bronze medals. She was World Champion in 100m backstroke 2003 in Barcelona. In total Antje won 57 international medals (Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships). She is the only German swimmer who participated for 14 years in a row (1995–2008) in every major longcourse championship (Olympic Games, Worldchampionships, European Championships).

Antje holds a Diploma in Neurobiology from the Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg and currently works as head of the office for State Minister Rainer Robra in the State Chancellery of Saxony-Anhalt.

She lives with her husband Helge Meeuw and her daughters in Magdeburg.

See also[]

• List of German records in swimming

References[]

• Antje Buschschulte at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Antje Buschschulte at Swimrankings.net

External links[]

• "Buschschulte.de" (in German). Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-30.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Antje Buschschulte at the International Olympic Committee