Jörg Woithe
![]() Jörg Woithe in 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | East Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | East Berlin, East Germany | 11 April 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jörg Woithe (born 11 April 1963) is a German former swimmer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle and a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay; he finished fourth in the 200 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[1]
Between 1981 and 1987 he won two gold, seven silver and five bronze medals at the world and European championships.[2]
After retiring from swimming he received a degree from the German Institute of Physical Education and Sport in Leipzig / Germany ( Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur und Sport - DHfK ) via distance learning. He then worked as a swimming coach, and was also employed by companies producing swimming articles and high-performance lubricants.[3] In 2012 he was hired by the Iranian swimming national team.[4][5]
References[]
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- ^ Jörg Woithe. sports-reference.com
- ^ Jörg WOITHE. les-sports.info
- ^ Woithe, Jörg. bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de
- ^ Jorg Woithe applauds Iranian swimmer Archived 2013-02-03 at archive.today. The Tehran Times, 11 April 2012
- ^ Jorg Woithe named as Iran swimming coach Archived 2013-02-03 at archive.today. The Tehran Times, 24 June 2012
External links[]
- Jörg Woithe at SwimRankings.net
- Jörg Woithe at Munzinger Sports Archives (in German)
- Jörg Woithe at Olympedia
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Swimmers from Berlin
- East German male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of East Germany
- Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists in swimming
- German swimming Olympic medalist stubs