Britta Steffen is a German former competitive swimmer from Schwedt who specialised in freestyle sprint events. She won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, taking the 100 metre freestyle in 53.12 seconds by catching world record holder Libby Trickett at the last stroke, and the 50 metre freestyle in 24.06 seconds by 0.01 of a second ahead of Dara Torres. In 1999 she won six titles at the European Junior Championships, and she won a medal as part of Germany's 4x200 metre freestyle relay team at the 2000 Summer Olympics. After the 2004 Olympics she took a year off swimming to concentrate on her studies.
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winning 2 gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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