Personal information | |
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Full name | Seraina Then (Prünte) |
National team | ![]() |
Born | Bern, Switzerland | 16 August 1987
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.