Marianna Lymperta (, born 25 June 1979)Lymperta's entry from sports-reference.com (note name is (mis-)spelled as "Lyberta"). Retrieved 2013-07-19. 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 (trans: 15th World Championships: a tribute to the Greek team). Published by KOE on 2013-07-17; retrieved 2013-07-19. 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.
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