Dirk Richter

Dirk Richter (born 12 September 1964 in Cottbus, Brandenburg) is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics. He did so in 1988 with the East German team, alongside Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg, and Steffen Zesner.

Dirk Richter
Personal information
Born12 September 1964 (1964-09-12) (age 57)
Cottbus, Brandenburg, East Germany
Medal record
Men's swimming
Olympic Games
Representing  East Germany
1988 Seoul 4×100 m freestyle
Friendship Games
1984 Moscow100 m backstroke
1984 Moscow200 metre backstroke
1984 Moscow4×200 m freestyle relay
1984 Moscow4×100 m medley
1984 Moscow4×100 m freestyle relay
Representing  Germany
1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Representing  East Germany
1982 Guayaquil 100 m backstroke
1986 Madrid 4x200 m freestyle
1986 Madrid 100 m backstroke
1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle
Representing  Germany
1991 Perth 4×100 m freestyle
1991 Perth 4×100 m medley
European Championships (LC)
Representing  East Germany
1983 Rome 100 m backstroke
1987 Strasbourg 4×100 m freestyle
1983 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
1985 Sofia 100 m backstroke
1985 Sofia 4×100 m freestyle
1985 Sofia 4×100 m medley
1981 Split 4×100 m medley
1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle
1983 Rome 4×100 m medley
1987 Strasbourg 100 m freestyle
1989 Bonn 100 m backstroke
Representing  Germany
1991 Athens 100 m backstroke
1991 Athens 200 m backstroke
1991 Athens 4×100 m freestyle

Four years later, when Barcelona, Spain hosted the Games, Richter represented Germany and ended up third alongside Mark Pinger, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner.

References

  • Dirk Richter at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived February 19, 2007)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dirk Richter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06.


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