Birte Steven (born 11 October 1980) is a German former swimmer, who specialized in breaststroke events. She is a ten-time All-Pacific honoree, and also a sixth-place finalist in the 200 m breaststroke at the 2007 FINA World Championships in

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. Since 2007, Steven currently holds a long-course German record of 2:25.33 from the national championships. Steven qualified for the women's 200 m breaststroke at the

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, by attaining an A-standard entry time of 2:25.95 from the German Olympic trials. In the morning's preliminary heats, Steven recorded the seventh fastest time of 2:27.42 to secure her spot in the semifinal run. On the evening session, Steven failed to qualify for the final, as she placed eleventh overall in the semifinals, with a time of 2:29.22. Steven is also a member of the swimming team for the

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, and a former student major in psychology at the

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Player Bio – Oregon State Beavers
1980 births Living people German female swimmers Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics German female breaststroke swimmers Sportspeople from Hanover Oregon State Beavers women's swimmers German expatriate swimmers in the United States {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub