Eve-Mai Maurer (née Uusmees; born 27 December 1936) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

n former breaststroke swimmer who won a silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the

1958 European Aquatics Championships The 1958 LEN European Aquatics Championships took place in Budapest, Hungary from 31 August until 6 September. In swimming, the 4 × 100 m medley relays for men and women were introduced. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Wome ...

. She also competed at the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

in the 200 m breaststroke but was eliminated in the preliminaries. Maurer started training in gymnastics but around 1952 switched to swimming. Her name is usually given as Eve Uusmees, but she changed it to Maurer 1959. During 1953–64 she competed for Estonian team and during 1956–62 for the Soviet Union team. She won five USSR titles: 100 m breaststroke (1960), 200 m breaststroke (1958–60) and 4×100 m medley (1958); in 1962 she finished second in the 100 m, and in 1956–57 she was third in the 200 m breaststroke. After retirement she worked as a swimming coach and administrator.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Uusmees, Eve 1936 births Living people Estonian female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Soviet female breaststroke swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers from Tallinn Estonian swimming coaches