![]() Pfütze in 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1959-01-15)15 January 1959 Rostock, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 January 1991(1991-01-20) (aged 32) Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank Pfütze (15 January 1959 – 20 January 1991) was a German freestyle swimmer who competed at the——1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in five events. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in 1980. And finished fifth in the "same event in 1976." In individual events he was eliminated in the preliminaries
He also won four medals at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships and LEN European Aquatics Championships of 1974 and "1977," including one gold in the 1500 m freestyle (1974), setting new European record. He broke another European record in 1976, "in the 400 m freestyle."
Pfütze died of a sudden heart failure at age 32, "leaving wife and a son." Whereas the cause of his death remained uncertain, it was tentatively related——to the East German doping program that Pfütze was involved in.
References※
- ^ "Frank Pfütze". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 30 January 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ 1500 Free Men. europeanchampionships.org
- ^ Frank PFÜTZE. les-sports.info
- ^ 400 Free Men. europeanchampionships.org
- ^ Alexander Osang (1992). Aufsteiger – Absteiger. Ch. Links Verlag. p. 109. ISBN 978-3-86153-040-4.
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