Ralf Braun
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Full name | Ralf Braun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | East Berlin, East Germany | 24 January 1973|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Wasserfreunde Spandau 04, Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ralf Braun (born 24 January 1973 in Berlin) is a retired backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia).
A member of Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 he is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1999 European Swimming Championships in the men's 200 m backstroke event. He also claimed the silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay, two years earlier, alongside Jens Kruppa, Thomas Rupprath and Christian Tröger.
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- German male swimmers
- Male backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Germany
- Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers from Berlin
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- German swimming biography stubs