Frank Pfütze
![]() Pfütze in 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1959-01-15)15 January 1959 Rostock, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 January 1991(1991-01-20) (aged 32) Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frank Pfütze (15 January 1959 – 20 January 1991) was a German freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in five events. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in 1980 and finished fifth in the same event in 1976. In individual events he was eliminated in the preliminaries[1]
He also won four medals at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships and LEN European Aquatics Championships of 1974 and 1977, including one gold in the 1500 m freestyle (1974), setting a new European record.[2][3] He broke another European record in 1976, in the 400 m freestyle.[4]
Pfütze died of a sudden heart failure at age 32, leaving a wife and a son. Whereas the cause of his death remained uncertain, it was tentatively related to the East German doping program that Pfütze was involved in.[5]
References
- ^ "Frank Pfütze". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ 1500 Free Men[permanent dead link]. europeanchampionships.org
- ^ Frank PFÜTZE. les-sports.info
- ^ 400 Free Men[permanent dead link]. europeanchampionships.org
- ^ Alexander Osang (1992). Aufsteiger – Absteiger. Ch. Links Verlag. p. 109. ISBN 978-3-86153-040-4.
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- 1927: Arne Borg (SWE)
- 1931: Olivér Halassy (HUN)
- 1934: Jean Taris (FRA)
- 1938: Björn Borg (SWE)
- 1947: György Mitró (HUN)
- 1950: Heinz-Günther Lehmann (FRG)
- 1954: György Csordás (HUN)
- 1958: Ian Black (GBR)
- 1962: József Katona (HUN)
- 1966: Semyon Belits-Geiman (URS)
- 1970: Hans-Joachim Fassnacht (FRG)
- 1974: Frank Pfütze (GDR)
- 1977: Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
- 1981: Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
- 1983: Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
- 1985: Uwe Daßler (GDR)
- 1987: Rainer Henkel (FRG)
- 1989: Jörg Hoffmann (GDR)
- 1991: Jörg Hoffmann (GER)
- 1993: Jörg Hoffmann (GER)
- 1995: Jörg Hoffmann (GER)
- 1997: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
- 1999: Ihor Snitko (UKR)
- 2000: Ihor Chervynskyy (UKR)
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- 2008: Yuriy Prilukov (RUS)
- 2010: Sébastien Rouault (FRA)
- 2012: Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA)
- 2014: Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA)
- 2016: Gregorio Paltrinieri (ITA)
- 2018: Florian Wellbrock (GER)
- 2020: Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR)
- 2022: Mykhailo Romanchuk (UKR)
- 2024: Kuzey Tunçelli (TUR)
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