Ann-Marie Hepler

Ann-Marie Hepler
Personal information
Born (1996-04-08) April 8, 1996 (age 28)
Majuro, Marshall Islands
Sport
SportSwimming

Ann-Marie Hepler (born 8 April 1996) is a Marshallese swimmer.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 50 m freestyle event where she ranked 49th.[2] Hepler did not advance beyond the heats.

Coached by her mother, Amy LaCost, Hepler has been swimming since the age of 2, and has been a certified scuba diver since the age of 10. She worked as a lifeguard, swim instructor and assistant sports coach on Kwajalein. She graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2018 with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in psychology.[3]

In 2019, she represented Marshall Islands at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event.[4] She did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.[4] She also competed in the women's 50 metre butterfly event.

  1. ^ Sports reference profile
  2. ^ "London 2012 profile". Archived from the original on 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  3. ^ "Ann-Marie Hepler of Lincoln receives University of Nebraska-Lincoln degree". University of Nebraska-Lincoln. May 7, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Women's 50 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships" (PDF). 2019 World Aquatics Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.