Eve Maurer

Although Eve Maurer graduated from college with a degree in artistic gymnastics, she went on to become one of the best swimmers in Estonia throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Maurer was an 11-time Estonian champion in the breaststroke and relay (1953, 1956, 1958, 1960–63) and set 16 national records. She had similar success at the Soviet Championships, winning five golds from 1958 to 1960 and setting five Soviet records. In 1958 Maurer won silver in the 4 × 100 metres medley relay at the European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, also finishing fifth in the final of the 200 metres breaststroke. Two years later she competed in the latter event at the 1960 Roma Olympics, placing 22nd overall.

Maurer continued swimming as a veteran, winning gold in the 200 metres breaststroke at the 2011 European Masters Championships, followed by bronze in the same event a year later at the World Masters Swimming Championships. She also worked as a coach for many years and was later the subject of an Estonian documentary film.