Marianna Lymperta

Marianna Lymperta
Personal information
Born (1979-06-25) 25 June 1979
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Greece
World Championships
2011 Shanghai10km open water
European Championships
2010 Budapest5km open water
Mediterranean Games
2001 Tunis4x200m freestyle relay
2001 Tunis400m freestyle
2005 Almeria1500m freestyle

Marianna Lymperta (Greek: Μαριάννα Λυμπερτά, born 25 June 1979) is an Olympic and national-record holding swimmer from Greece. She has won the bronze medal at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, at the Open Water Swimming Women's 10 km event. She has also won the bronze medal at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships, at the Open Water Swimming Women's 5 km event.

She has swum for Greece at the:

  • Olympics: 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012
  • World Championships: 2003, 2009, 2011, 2013
  • European Championships: 2010
  • Mediterranean Games: 2001, 2005, 2013
  • Open Water Worlds: 2008, 2010

At the 2010 European Championships, she set the Greek Records in the women's 800 and 1500 free (8:34.81 and 16:20.11).

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's marathon 10 kilometre, finishing in last place.

She was named the Greek Female Athlete of the Year for 2011.