BRUHN Annika

Date of Birth: 5 Oct 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Place of birth: KARLSRUHE

Birth Country:

Germany

Place of residence : NECKARSULM

Residence Country:

Germany

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 200m Freestyle
	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay GER Germany
	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay GER Germany	6
	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay GER Germany
	Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay GER Germany

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Freestyle - Heat 4	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Freestyle Semifinal 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 1	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay - Heat 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Free	4x200Free	4x100Medley W
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	H (1:58.48)	H (7:56.74)	H (4:02.19)
2012	London, GBR	-	H (7:58.93)	-

World Championships

Year	Location	100Free	4x100Free W	4x200Free	4x100Medley W	4x100Medley X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	-	8th (3:39.07)	7th (7:55.63)	-	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (55.75)	H (3:41.56)	H (8:01.48)	H (4:01.40)	3rd (3:44.13)

European Championships

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	4x100Free W	4x100Free X	4x200Free	4x200Free	4x100Medley W	4x100Medley X
2018	Glasgow, GBR	H (DNS)	H (2:00.22)	8th (3:39.37)	5th (3:26.59)	3rd (7:53.76)	1st (7:28.43)	7th (4:01.10)	5th (3:45.82)

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	100Free	200Free	4x50Free W	4x50Free X	4x100Free	4x200Free	4x100Medley
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	SF (53.75)	H (1:55.31)	8th (1:38.70)	H (1:32.34)	6th (3:33.27)	7th (7:46.36)	6th (3:54.15)
2016	Windsor, ON, CAN	H (53.99)	-	-	-	-	7th (7:48.22)	-

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Meeting with friends, relaxing, going on holiday. (team-tokio-mrn.de, 01 Jan 2019)

Occupation:

Health Studies - German University of Applied Sciences for Prevention and Health Management, Germany

Languages spoken:

English, German

Neckarsulmer Sportunion [Germany]

Matt Magee [club], AUS

Sporting relatives:

Her uncle Jurgen Bruhn is a former swimmer and was a national champion in the Federal Republic of Germany in the 200m breaststroke in 1979 and 1980. Her sister Meike won gold at the 2009 German Junior Athletics Championships in Rhede in the 4x400m relay. (archiv.wlv-sport.de, 09 Aug 2009; dsv.de, 22 Aug 2015)

She began swimming at age four. (mirkoseifert.de, 22 Dec 2015)

"I came to swimming through my parents as both of them were swimmers." (Stimmetv YouTube channel, 13 Jun 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (stimme.de, 18 Oct 2020; swp.de, 06 Aug 2019)

She has 10 pool sessions a week and three strength training sessions. She swims between five and six kilometres per session, with two sessions per day at 07:00 and 16:00. (sportsirene.de, 19 Jan 2020)

Philosophy:

"It's what you do in the dark, that puts you in the light." (Instagram profile, 31 Mar 2021)

In 2018 and 2019 she was named female Unterlander Athlete of the Year by the Sporthilfe Unterland non-profit organisation and the Heilbronner Stimme newspaper in Germany. (stimme.de, 31 Jan 2020)

General Interest

General
ANCHOR FAN
She enjoys the responsibility of swimming the anchor leg [final position] of a relay race. She anchored the German mixed 4x200m freestyle relay to victory at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. "As the final swimmer you always have to have your nerves under control. That is one of my strengths. You have to be able to give everything in the relay, even if you're behind. Whoever swims first or last, can decide a race. I enjoy being the final swimmer, as I need to push my limits, and if I am the last swimmer, I know that there are three people on the pool deck firing me on. They want a medal as much as I do, and that really pushes you." (Stimmetv YouTube channel, 13 Jun 2019; swp.de, 06 Aug 2019)

FROM NATIONALS TO OLYMPIC GAMES
She competed at the 2012 Olympic Games in London before she had competed at another major international competition. "That was really crazy. I had never been to a world championships or a European championships. I went directly from the German nationals to competing at the [2012] Olympics. It was a bit overwhelming at first, but it was really cool to experience it." (regio-tv.de, 02 May 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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