Three-time Open Water World Champion Leonie Beck Announces Retirement

By Braden Keith on SwimSwam
German open water swimmer Leonie Beck has announced her retirement from competitive swimming. The three-time World Champion and three-time European Champion announced her retirement on Monday at 29 years old.View this post on InstagramBeck last raced at the Olympic Games in Paris, where she finished 9th in the 10km open water race in spite of entering the event with strong medal hopes. She finished about two-and-a-half minutes behind the medalists and was her cou