Hans Fassnacht
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Born | 28 November 1950 Baden-Württemberg, Germany | (age 70)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | VWM, Mannheim | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hans-Joachim Fassnacht (German pronunciation: [hans ˈfasˌnaxt] (listen); 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, 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 German Sportspersonality of the Year three times in a row: 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
External links[]
- Hans-Joachim Fassnacht at Olympic.org (archived)
- Hans-Joachim Fassnacht at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Hans-Joachim Fassnacht at Olympics.com
- Hans-Joachim Fassnacht at Olympedia
- Hans-Joachim Fassnacht at International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Hans-Joachim Fassnacht at Munzinger Sports Archives (in German)
- Hans-Joachim Fassnacht at Sports Reference (archived)
- 1950 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Baden-Württemberg
- German male swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of West Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in swimming
- German male freestyle swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- German swimming biography stubs