Lea Maurer

Lea Maurer
Lea Maurer in 2008
Personal information
Full nameLea Loveless Maurer
National team United States
Born (1971-04-01) April 1, 1971
Yonkers, New York
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Weight134 lb (61 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubBadger Swim Club
College teamUniversity of Florida
Stanford University
CoachRandy Reese
(Florida)
Richard Quick
(Stanford)
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona4×100 m medley
1992 Barcelona100 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
1998 Perth100 m backstroke
1998 Perth4×100 m medley
1994 Rome4×100 m medley
Pan Pacific Championships
1989 Tokyo100 m backstroke
1989 Tokyo4×100 m medley
1993 Kobe100 m backstroke
1993 Kobe4×100 m medley
1997 Fukuoka4×100 m medley
1993 Kobe200 m backstroke
1995 Atlanta4×100 m medley
1997 Fukuoka100 m backstroke
1997 Fukuoka200 m backstroke

Lea Loveless Maurer (born April 1, 1971), née Lea E. Loveless, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former college swimming coach. She represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she won a gold medal swimming the backstroke leg of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay. She also won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke. She was the head coach of the Stanford University women's swimming and diving team from 2005 to 2012. She is the Peter Daland Endowed Swimming Coach Chair at USC and has been head coach there since April 2022.