Marianna Lymperta
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Born25 June 1979
SportSwimming
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Marianna Lymperta (Greek: Μαριάννα Λυμπερτά, born 25 June 1979)[1] is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Greece. She has won the bronze medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, at the Open Water Swimming Women's 10 km event.[2] She has also won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships, at the Open Water Swimming Women's 5 km event.[2]
She has swum for Greece at the:
- Olympics: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
- World Championships: 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013[3]
- European Championships: 2010
- Mediterranean Games: 2001, 2005, 2013
- Open Water Worlds: 2008, 2010
At the 2010 European Championships, she set the Greek Records in the women's 800 and 1500 free (8:34.81 and 16:20.11).
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's marathon 10 kilometre, finishing in last place.[4]
She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for 2011.[5]
