13 Facts About Lea Maurer

Lea Maurer won a bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke.

Lea Maurer was the head coach of the Stanford University women's swimming and diving team from 2005 to 2012.

Lea Maurer is the Peter Daland Endowed Swimming Coach Chair at USC and has been head coach there since April 2022.

Lea Maurer attended the University of Florida in 1989 and 1990, where she swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team under coach Randy Reese.

Lea Maurer transferred to Stanford University prior to the 1992 Olympics where she swam for Hall of Fame Coach Richard Quick.

Lea Maurer later won the gold at the World Championships in Perth, Australia in 1998 bettering her own American Record to 100.77.

Lea Maurer won three NCAA individual championships in the 100-meter backstroke and one in the 200-meter backstroke.

Lea Maurer continued to compete on the USA National Team until 2000.

Lea Maurer led the team to back-to-back Pac-10 championships in 2010 and 2011 and resigned following the 2012 season.

Lea Maurer was inducted into the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.

Lea Maurer was a volunteer assistant coach for the Stanford men's water polo team since the spring of 2013.

Lea Maurer is a veteran celebrity swimmer for Swim Across America, a charitable organization that enlists former Olympic swimmers to raise funds for cancer research, and she has participated in three SAA events.

Lea Maurer was the assistant head coach for the USC Trojans under Coach Kipp.