Nicole Hetzer (born February 18, 1979, in

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) is a retired female medley

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from

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Swimming career

Hetzer competed twice for her native country at the

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: 2000 and 2004. Hetzer collected several medals at international tournaments in the late 1990s and early 2000s (decade), especially in the short course (25 metres). Despite being of German nationality she won the 400 metres medley title in 1997 at the ASA National British Championships.

References

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1979 births Living people German female medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers from Leipzig Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Summer World University Games medalists in swimming FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub