Hans Fassnacht
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Born | 28 November 1950 (1950-11-28) (age 73) Baden-Württemberg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | VWM, Mannheim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Don Gambril (Long Beach State) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hans-Joachim Fassnacht (German pronunciation: [hans ˈfasˌnaxt] ⓘ; born 28 November 1950) is a retired German swimmer. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in various freestyle and butterfly events and won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle in 1972. In 1972 he also won a 1500 m freestyle semifinal, setting an Olympic record, but withdrew from the final.[1]
During his career, Fassnacht set 41 German, 21 European and 2 world records, as well as five world best times. In 1969, while attending Long Beach State University under Coach Don Gambril, he broke the world record in the 400 m freestyle, and next year he broke another one, in the 200 m butterfly. He was selected as West German Sportspersonality of the Year three consecutive times: in 1969, 1970 and 1971, beating Franz Beckenbauer. In 1992 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2]
See also
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
References
- ^ "Hans Faßnacht". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ "Hans Fassnacht". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2015-07-12. Retrieved 2015-07-10.
External links
- Hans Fassnacht at World Aquatics
- Hans Fassnacht at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Hans Fassnacht at Olympics.com
- Hans Fassnacht at Olympedia
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- 1970: Hans Fassnacht (FRG)
- 1974: Peter Nocke (FRG)
- 1977: Peter Nocke (FRG)
- 1981: Sergey Koplyakov (URS)
- 1983: Michael Gross (FRG)
- 1985: Michael Gross (FRG)
- 1987: Anders Holmertz (SWE)
- 1989: Giorgio Lamberti (ITA)
- 1991: Artur Wojdat (POL)
- 1993: Antti Kasvio (FIN)
- 1995: Jani Sievinen (FIN)
- 1997: Paul Palmer (GBR)
- 1999: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
- 2000: Massimiliano Rosolino (ITA)
- 2002: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
- 2004: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
- 2006: Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)
- 2008: Paul Biedermann (GER)
- 2010: Paul Biedermann (GER)
- 2012: Paul Biedermann (GER)
- 2014: Velimir Stjepanović (SRB)
- 2016: Sebastiaan Verschuren (NED)
- 2018: Duncan Scott (GBR)
- 2020: Martin Malyutin (RUS)
- 2022: David Popovici (ROU)
- 2024: David Popovici (ROU)
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