Paul Biederman finished Phelps Era: Biederman profile

Paul Biedermann (born August 7, 1986) is a German swimmer from Halle. He currently holds 200m freestyle (short course and long course), 400m and 1500m freestyle (short course) national records. He won the 200 m freestyle long course in the European LC Championships 2008 final, finishing in a time of 1.46.59 seconds. With the times over 400m freestyle (3'47.69) and 200m freestyle (NR in 1'46.37) Paul managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing. On July 26th, he broke the 400m freestyle record on the finals of 2009 World Championships (3'40.07); bettering Ian Thorpe's 2002 world record by one hundredth of a second.

Personal bests, Alltime

Event Course Time Pts. Date City (Nation) Meet

50m Freestyle 50m 23.41 774 11 Mar 2006 Halle 6. Einladungsschwimmfest

50m Freestyle 25m 22.95 777 29 Jan 2006 Uster (SUI) 15th International Meet - IMU

100m Freestyle 50m 48.39 949 27 Jun 2009 Berlin German Championships

100m Freestyle 25m 47.80 918 12 Dec 2008 Rijeka (CRO) LEN: European Short Course ...

200m Freestyle 50m 1:44.71 1010 28 Jun 2009 Berlin German Championships

200m Freestyle 25m 1:40.83 1050 16 Nov 2008 Berlin FINA: World Cup No 7 - 2008 Series

400m Freestyle 50m 3:46.67 948 27 Jun 2009 Berlin German Championships

400m Freestyle 25m 3:34.98 1041 30 Nov 2008 Essen German Short Course Championships

800m Freestyle 50m 8:00.38 911 24 Nov 2006 Hannover German Championships

800m Freestyle 25m 7:35.23 1011 27 Nov 2008 Essen German Short Course Championships

1500m Freestyle 50m 15:17.46 891 25 Jun 2006 Berlin German Championships

1500m Freestyle 25m 14:36.70 967 22 Jan 2006 Berlin FINA: World Cup No 5 - 2005/2006 ...

50m Backstroke 50m 27.65 727 16 Dec 2006 Magdeburg 2. Internationaler Pokal der ...

50m Breaststroke 50m 30.48 728 21 Jul 2007 Magdeburg Pokale der Gothaer Versicherung

50m Breaststroke 25m 29.53 728 1 Nov 2008 Oldenburg DMS

100m Breaststroke 25m 1:03.70 748 1 Nov 2008 Oldenburg DMS

50m Fly 50m 25.66 752 26 Feb 2005 Halle 5th Invitational Meet

100m Fly 50m 53.66 860 7 Jun 2009 Magdeburg Landesmeisterschaften ...

100m Fly 25m 55.44 742 11 Nov 2006 Berlin DMS 2. Bundesliga Nord - Endkampf

200m Fly 50m 2:01.17 828 4 Feb 2008 Beijing (CHN) China Open

200m Fly 25m 1:58.39 833 12 Nov 2005 Mainz DMS Qualifikation 1. Bundesliga

100m Medley 25m 57.45 751 3 Nov 2007 Oldenburg DMS 2. Bundesliga Vorkampf Gruppe ...

50m Freestyle Laps 50m 23.63 - 23 Nov 2006 Hannover German Championships

100m Freestyle Laps 50m 49.15 - 10 Aug 2008 Beijing (CHN) XXIX Olympic Games

200m Freestyle Laps 50m 1:49.30 - 16 Jul 2004 Lisbon (POR) LEN: European Junior ...

50m Fly Laps 25m 24.69 - 29 Jan 2006 Uster (SUI) 15th International Meet - IMU

Paul Biedermann site: http://www.paul-biedermann.de