Hannah Stockbauer is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 female athlete. She is active in swimming

Swimming (sport)

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, and a five time world champion. In 2003 World Championships

2003 World Aquatics Championships

Barcelona, Spain was the host city of the X FINA World Aquatics Championships or the 10th FINA World Championships in Aquatics, which were held from July 12 until July 27, 2003....

 she won a gold medal at the 400 m, 800 m and 1500 m freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 events. She was named by FINA

Fina

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 as the female swimmer of the meet, and by Swimming World magazine

Swimming World magazine

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 as its Female World Swimmer of the Year.

At the Summer Olympic Games of 2004 she won a bronze medal in the 4×200 m free relay competition.

In October 2005 she ended her sports career.