Antje Buschschulte
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Female |
| Full name | Antje•Buschschulte (-Meeuw) |
| Used name | Antje•Buschschulte |
| Born | 27 December 1978 in West-Berlin, Berlin (GER) |
| Measurements | 186 cm / 75 kg |
| Affiliations | SC Magdeburg, Magdeburg (GER) |
| NOC |  Germany |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 0 |
| Bronze | 5 |
| Total | 5 |
Biography
Antje Buschschulte started to swim at the early age of seven, and in 1993 had her first international competition. She was a sprint specialist in both freestyle and backstroke and for 14 years was one of the most successful competitive German female swimmers after German reunification. In total she won 24 national titles and over 50 international medals at World and European Championships, and at the Olympics, including five bronzes at the Olympics.
These included a 1996 Olympic Games bronze medal in the 4×100 free relay, 2000 Olympic bronze medal in the 4×200 free relay, and 2004 Olympic bronzes in the 200 back, 4×200 free relay and medley relay. At the Worlds she won gold in the 2001 4×100 free relay and 2003 100 back, adding silvers in 2003 in the 50 backstroke and 4×100 free relay and a bronze in the 100 backstroke, and at the 2005 World Championships she won silver in the 100 back and 4×100 free relay, and bronzes in the 50 back and medley relay. At the European Championships, where she competed from 1997-2006, she won six gold, three silver, and four bronze medals.
In November 2008 Buschschulte retired and earned her doctoral degree in neurobiology at the Otto-von-Guericke Universität in Magdeburg. She then married her partner, German swimmer Helge Meeuw.
Personal Bests: 100 freestyle – 54.39 (2000); 200 freestyle – 2:00.25 (2000); 100 backstroke – 1:00.33 (2003); 200 backstroke – 2:09.88 (2004).
Results
Olympic family relations
- Daughter-in-law of Jutta Weber
- Daughter-in-law of Folkert Meeuw
- Wife of Helge Meeuw
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Set a European Record in Long Course Swimming (4×100 m freestyle relay – 23 July 2001 - 29 July 2002: 3:39.58 (23 July 2001; Fukuoka, JPN); 4×100 m medley relay – 29 July 2001 - 24 March 2008: 4:03.06 (29 July 2001; Fukuoka, JPN), 4:01.54 (4 August 2002; Berlin, GER))
- Listed in Olympians Who Set a European Record in Short Course Swimming (50 m backstroke – 17 November 2007 - 24 November 2007: 26.94 (17 November 2007; Berlin, GER); 200 m backstroke – 14 December 2003 - 10 December 2006: 2:04.23 (14 December 2003; Dublin, IRL); 4×100 m freestyle relay – 19 April 1997 - 8 April 2006: 3:34.69 (19 April 1997; Göteborg, SWE); 4×50 m medley relay – 15 December 1996 - 13 December 1998: 1:51.79 (15 December 1996; Rostock, GER))
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Aquatics Championships (6–3–4 1997 Sevilla SWM gold: 100 m backstroke, 4×100 m freestyle relay, 4×200 m freestyle relay, and 4×100 m medley relay, silver: 200 m backstroke, bronze: 100 m freestyle; 1999 İstanbul SWM gold: 4×100 m freestyle relay; 2000 Helsinki SWM bronze: 200 m backstroke; 2002 Berlin SWM gold: 4×100 m medley relay, bronze: 100 m backstroke; 2006 Budapest SWM silver: 100 m backstroke and 4×100 m medley relay, bronze: 50 m backstroke)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the European Swimming Championships (25 m) (11–12–2 1996 Rostock gold: 100 m backstroke and 4×50 m medley relay, silver: 200 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke, and 200 m backstroke; 1998 Sheffield gold: 200 m backstroke, silver: 100 m backstroke; 1999 Lisboa gold: 200 m backstroke, silver: 100 m backstroke, bronze: 50 m backstroke; 2002 Riesa gold: 50 m backstroke and 100 m backstroke, silver: 200 m backstroke and 4×50 m medley relay, bronze: 4×50 m freestyle relay; 2003 Dublin gold: 100 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke, silver: 50 m backstroke and 4×50 m medley relay; 2004 Wien gold: 50 m backstroke, silver: 100 m backstroke and 4×50 m medley relay; 2006 Helsinki gold: 100 m butterfly and 4×50 m medley relay, silver: 100 m backstroke)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships (3–5–3 1998 Perth SWI gold: 4×200 m freestyle relay (swam in heats only), silver: 4×100 m freestyle relay (swam in heats only); 2001 Fukuoka SWI gold: 4×100 m freestyle relay, silver: 50 m backstroke, bronze: 100 m backstroke; 2003 Barcelona SWI gold: 100 m backstroke, silver: 4×100 m freestyle relay; 2005 Montréal SWI silver: 100 m backstroke and 4×100 m freestyle relay, bronze: 50 m backstroke and 4×100 m medley relay)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Short-Course Swimming Championships (25 m) (2–2–1 1997 Göteborg silver: 4×100 m freestyle relay; 2000 Athina gold: 50 m backstroke and 200 m backstroke, silver: 4×100 m freestyle relay, bronze: 100 m backstroke)