Peggy Buchse
Peggy Büchse (born 9 September 1972 in Rostock) is a German open water swimmer who is an Honour Swimmer inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003.
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Open Water Swimming Career
- She won the German National Championship 5 km (3.1 miles) and tried the 25 km (15.5 miles) at the European Open Water Swimming Championships.
- She won two European 25 km (15.5-mile) Championships.
- She placed as second in the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships.
- She won 14 races on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup professional marathon swimming circuit.
- She won her first international title at the 1987 European Junior Championships (400m freestyle).
- She won the 25 km Salvador de Bahia professional marathon swim in Brazil.
- In the early 1990s she switched to open water swimming, winning several international titles
- She won the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda in the Río Coronda, Argentina in 8:22:20.
- She won the women's division at the 20th Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Canada on 11 July 1998, finishing 6th overall in 9 hours 52 minutes 14.8 seconds.
- She was the third woman and 12th overall at the 17th Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Canada on 23 July 1995 finishing in 9 hours 35 minutes 35.5 seconds.
- Büchse retired in 2002.
- The movie Marathon - Peggy Büchse im Rio Parana is based on her career.
World Championship Career
- 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan: gold medal 10 km
- 1998 FINA World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia: silver medal 25 km finishing in 5 hours 32 minutes 19.2 seconds.
- 2001 FINA World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan: silver medal 5 km
- 1998 FINA World Swimming Championships in Perth, Australia: bronze medal 5 km finishing in 1 hour 1 minute 5.8 seconds.
European Championships
- 1995 LEN European Championships in Vienna, Italy: gold medal 25 km
- 1997 LEN European Championships in Sevilla, Spain: gold medal 5 km
- 1999 LEN European Championships in Istanbul, Turkey: gold medal 5 km
- 2000 LEN European Championships in Helsinki, Finland: gold medal 5 km
- 2000 LEN European Championships in Helsinki, Finland: gold medal 25 km
- 1995 LEN European Championships in Vienna, Italy: silver medal 5 km
2001 FINA World Swimming Championships
1998 FINA World Championships 25 km Race Results
1 Tobie Smith 5:31:20
2 Peggy Büchse 5:32:19
3 Edith van Dijk 5:38:06
4 Tracey Knowles 5:40:20
5 Valeria Casprini 5:43:35
6 Etta van der Weijden 5:44:38
7 Britta Kamrau 5:47:24
8 Gaia Naldini 5:49:05
9 Annette Andermatt 5:51:54
10 Karen Burton Reeder 5:56:40
11 Angela Collett 6:05:17
12 Melissa Cunningham 6:07:14
13 Maša Jamnik 6:08:32
14 Radka Nechmačová 6:09:53
15 Attilia Figini 6:11:55
16 Celina Endo 6:15:44
17 Edit Kasparik 6:26:27
1999 Salvador de Bahia Women's Results
1. Peggy Büchse (Germany) 5 hours 0 minutes 36 seconds
2. Britta Kamrau (Germany) 5 hours 5 minutes 17 seconds
3. Edith van Dijk (Netherlands) 5 hours 28 minutes 26 seconds
4. Morgan Filler (USA) 5 hours 58 minutes 58 seconds
5. Janaina Soarez (Brazil) 6 hours 0 minutes 47 seconds
6. Vanessa Bouisset (France) 6 hours 34 minutes 56 seconds
7. Irene van der Laan (Netherlands) 6 hours 43 minutes 22 seconds
1999 DNF
Patricio D'Ottavio (Argentina) Stéphane Lecat (France) Simon Lee (England) Pontidas Panagiotis (Greece)
1999 Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda
60 km race held on 8 February 1999:
Men's Results
1. Stéphane Lecat (France) 8 hours 1 minute 48 seconds
2. David Meca Medina (Spain) 8 hours 1 minute 49 seconds
3. Igor Majcen (Slovenia) 8 hours 1 minute 51 seconds
4. Gabriel Chaillou (Argentina) 8 hours 6 minutes 47 seconds
5. André Wilde (Germany) 8 hours 7 minutes 46 seconds
6. Nace Majcen (Slovenia) 8 hours 8 minutes 36 seconds
7. Christof Wandratsch (Germany) 8 hours 8 minutes 57 seconds
8. Andres Perez (Cuba) 8 hours 10 minutes 22 seconds
9. Stéphane Gomez (France) 8 hours 10 minutes 53 seconds
10. Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) 8 hours 19 minutes 45 seconds
11. Carlos Scanavino (Uruguay) 8 hours 24 minutes 49 seconds
12. Facundo Quiroga (Argentina) 8 hours 28 minutes 30 seconds
13. Jay Benner (USA) 8 hours 30 minutes 57 seconds
14. Thomas Stolz (Germany) 8 hours 48 minutes 18 seconds
Women's Results
1. Peggy Büchse (Germany) 8 hours 22 minutes 50 seconds
2. Edith van Dijk (Netherlands) 8 hours 34 minutes 18 seconds
3. Britta Kamrau (Germany) 8 hours 38 minutes 18 seconds
4. Morgan Filler (USA) 9 hours 8 minutes 0 seconds
5. Janaina Soarez (Brazil) 9 hours 33 minutes 5 seconds
External links
- The Best Open Water Swimmers from 1950 to 2020
- The Best Open Water Swimmers from 1950 to 2020
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 2010's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 2000's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1990's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1980's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1970's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1960's
- The Best Open Water Swimmers of the 1950's
- Will the 25K Race At FINA World Championships Be Cancelled?
- When Chris Guesdon Changed The Course Of Open Water History
- Britta Kamrau Remembers Her Friendships, Her Career On WOWSA Live
- Binge Watching Swimming Over The Last Century
- International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame]
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- First 24 Years Of Lac Memphrémagog Traversée
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- 20 Years Later, Fukuoka Will Only Get Better
- Irina Abysova, World-class In The Water And On Dryland
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Great Moves In Open Water Swimming History - Río Coronda
