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Hans Fassnacht

Personal information
Born	28 November 1950 (1950-11-28) (age 73) Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	VWM, Mannheim
Coached by	Don Gambril (Long Beach State)
Medal record Representing  West Germany Olympic Games 1972 Munich 4×200 m freestyle European Championships 1970 Barcelona 200 m freestyle 1970 Barcelona 1500 m freestyle 1970 Barcelona 4×200 m freestyle 1970 Barcelona 400 m freestyle 1970 Barcelona 400 m medley 1970 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle

Hans-Joachim Fassnacht (German pronunciation: [hans ˈfasˌnaxt] ; 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."

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 under Coach Don Gambril, 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 West 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.

See also※

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• World record progression 400 metres freestyle

References※

External links※

• Hans Fassnacht at World Aquatics
• Hans Fassnacht at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• Hans Fassnacht at Olympics.com
• Hans Fassnacht at Olympedia

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