Konrad Enke
Personal information | |
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Born | Pößneck, Germany | 23 July 1934
Died | 13 November 2016[1] | (aged 82)
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Club | SC Rotation Leipzig |
Konrad Enke (23 July 1934 – 13 November 2016) was a German swimmer who specialized in the 200 m breaststroke event. After winning five national titles in 1954–1955 and 1957–1959[2] he set a new European record at 2:38.4 in 1959.[3] The next year he competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the final.[4]
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- ^ Mention of Konrad Enke's death (pg. 4) (in German)
- ^ Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften (Herren – Teil 2). sport-komplett.de
- ^ Deutsches Institut für Zeitgeschichte: Jahrbuch der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik, p. 349, Verlag die Wirtschaft 1960
- ^ Konrad Enke. sports-reference.com
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