Seraina Prünte

Seraina Then (Prünte)

Personal information
Full name	Seraina Then (Prünte)
National team	Switzerland
Born	(1987-08-16) 16 August 1987 (age 37) Bern, Switzerland
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	SV Nikar Heidelberg (GER)
Coach	Dirk Reinicke (SUI)

Seraina Then (Prünte) (born 16 August 1987) is a Swiss former swimmer, who specialized in freestyle events.[1] She currently holds a Swiss record in the 100 m freestyle (56.06) from the German Olympic Trials in Berlin (2008).[2][3] A single-time Olympian (2004), Prunte played for the Nikar Swimming Club (German: Schwimmverein Nikar) in Heidelberg, before she trained under head coach Dirk Reinecke as part of the Swiss national team.

Prunte qualified for the women's 4×100 m freestyle relay, as Switzerland's youngest swimmer (aged 16), at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[4] Teaming with Dominique Diezi, Marjorie Sagne, and Nicole Zahnd in heat two, Prunte swam a third leg and recorded a split of 58.16, but the Swiss women settled only for seventh place and fifteenth overall in a final time of 3:48.61.[5][6] Seraina is married with Fabian Then since 2023.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Seraina Prünte". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
2. "Schwimmen Schweizer Rekord durch Seraina Prünte" [Seraina Prünte breaks Swiss record] (in German). Blick. 23 April 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
3. "Schwimmen: Schweizer Rekord durch Seraina Prünte" [Swimming: Seraina Prünte breaks Swiss record] (in German). Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 24 April 2008. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
4. "Swimming – Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay Startlist (Heat 2)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
5. "Women's 4×100m Freestyle Heat 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
6. Thomas, Stephen (14 August 2004). "Women's 400 Freestyle Relay Prelims: Aussie Women Qualify Fastest Ahead of Team USA; Germans and Dutch in the Mix". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 December 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2013.