Lea Maurer

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Medal record
Lea Maurer
Women’s Swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	4x100m Medley
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	100m Backstroke
World Championships (LC)
Gold	1998 Perth	100m Backstroke
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold	1989 Tokyo	100m Backstroke
Gold	1997 Fukuoka	4x100m Medley
Silver	1997 Fukuoka	100m Backstroke
Silver	1997 Fukuoka	200m Backstroke

Lea Loveless Maurer (born April 1, 1971) is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States who won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, swimming the backstroke leg of the 4x100m medley relay. She also won a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke.

1 Swimming career
2 Coaching career
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Swimming career

She attended the University of Florida in 1989 and 1990,^[1] before transferring to Stanford University prior to the 1992 Olympics. In addition to her Olympic medals, she swam on three of Stanford's NCAA swimming championship teams in 1992, 1993, and 1994. She also won three NCAA individual championships in the 100 meter backstroke and one in the 200 meter backstroke.^[2] She competed continued to compete on the USA National Team until 2000.

[edit] Coaching career

Following her retirement from competitive swimming, Loveless Maurer, who is married to fellow Stanford swimmer Erik Maurer, became an assistant swimming coach at Northwestern University. From 1995 to 2005, she coached the boys' and girls' swim teams at Lake Forest High School in Lake Forest, Illinois, during which time the teams won several state championships.

In 2005, she was named head coach of the Stanford women's swimming and diving team. She was inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.^[2]