![]() Pfütze in 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Rostock, East Germany | 15 January 1959||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 January 1991 Berlin, Germany | (aged 32)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 [1]
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 a new European record. [2] [3] He broke another European record in 1976, in the 400 m freestyle. [4]
Pfütze died of a sudden heart failure at age 32, leaving a 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. [5]
![]() Pfütze in 1977 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Rostock, East Germany | 15 January 1959||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 20 January 1991 Berlin, Germany | (aged 32)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | SC Dynamo Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 [1]
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 a new European record. [2] [3] He broke another European record in 1976, in the 400 m freestyle. [4]
Pfütze died of a sudden heart failure at age 32, leaving a 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. [5]