National team Germany Name Vipa Bernhardt Sport Swimming Height 1.65 m | Strokes Breaststroke Weight 60 kg Club SG Frankfurt (GER) Coach Gregg Troy | |
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Born September 20, 1982 (age 41) ( 1982-09-20 ) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia College team Florida Gators swimming and diving | ||
Vipa Bernhardt (born September 20, 1982) is a German former competitive swimmer who specialized in breaststroke events. She was a member of the swimming team for Schwimmgemeinschaft Frankfurt. Bernhardt was also a college swimmer for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team under head coach Gregg Troy at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida.
Bernhardt qualified for the women's 100-meter breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by attaining an A-standard entry time of 1:09.04 at the German Olympic trials. Bernhardt failed to advance to the Olympic final, and she placed thirteenth overall in the semifinal, with a time of 1:09.72.
Bernhardt graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor of science degree major in neurobiology and a bachelor of arts degree major in music performance, as well as a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences.