Susan von der Lippe

Susan von der Lippe (née Susan Gerard Rapp on July 5, 1965) is an American competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and Masters world record-holder in multiple events.

Susan von der Lippe

Rapp in 1984
Personal information
Full name	Susan von der Lippe
National team	United States
Born	(1965-07-05) July 5, 1965 Eden Prairie, Minnesota, U.S.
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	146 lb (66 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Representing the United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4×100m medley 1984 Los Angeles 200 m breaststroke Pan American Games 1983 Caracas 200 m breaststroke 1983 Caracas 200 m medley

She attended Stanford University, where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition.

Rapp first qualified for the 1980 Olympic games, but was unable to compete due to the United States-led boycott of the Olympic games hosted by the Soviet Union. Four years later at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she had significant success. She won a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing with a time of 2:31.15. She earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, she also finished seventh in the final of the women's 100-meter breaststroke, recording a time of 1:11.45.[1]

Four years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Rapp competed in the B Final of the women's 200-meter breaststroke, finishing thirteenth overall with a time of 2:32.90.[1]

At the age of 42, von der Lippe qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 100-meter breaststroke and 100-meter butterfly.[2]

As of 2014, von der Lippe holds 61 individual U.S. Masters Swimming pool records, across the 35–39, 40–44 and 45–49 age groups.[3] She holds Masters World records in breaststroke, butterfly, individual medley in the 40–44 and 45–49 age groups.[4][5]

See also

• List of Masters world records in swimming
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
• List of Stanford University people

References

1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Susan Rapp. Retrieved November 14, 2012.
2. "Von der Lippe Is Still Making a Splash at 42". NY Times. May 11, 2008. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
3. "Susan G Von der Lippe – USMS Swimmer".
4. "FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS – SHORT COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31, 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2014.
5. "FINA WORLD MASTERS RECORDS – LONG COURSE METERS AS OF AUG 31, 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 6, 2014.

External links

• Susan Rapp – Olympic Games results at databaseOlympics.com