Christian Tröger

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Christian Alexander Tröger (born October 6, 1969 in Munich ) is a former German swimmer who won three bronze medals at the Olympic Games and was twice world champion.

Career

In 1990 Christian Tröger became German runner-up in the 100 meter freestyle and won the gold medal in 1991 with the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay at the World Championships in Perth / Australia. Again as the German runner-up in the 100 meter freestyle and fourth in the 200 meter freestyle, Tröger qualified for the freestyle relay at the Olympic Games in Barcelona. There he also competed in the 100 meter freestyle and finished seventh in 49.84 seconds. In the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay, he won bronze behind the relays from the USA and the CIS.

For this he received the silver bay leaf on June 23, 1993 .

In 1993 Tröger won the German championship title in the 100 meter freestyle for the first time and that year also won the overall World Cup (category: freestyle sprint). At the European Championships in 1993 Tröger was fourth on 100 meters freestyle, but was able to win medals with both freestyle relays. In 1994 he was again German champion over 100 meters freestyle. At the World Championships in Rome, he finished fifth in the 100 meter freestyle, with the 4 x 100 meter relay (freestyle and medley) Tröger reached two fourth places. In 1996 Tröger won his third title in the 100 meter freestyle and this year again secured the overall World Cup. At the Olympic Games in Atlanta he finished tenth and won bronze medals with both freestyle relays.

1997 Tröger was in Malmö / Sweden short course world champion with the relay. At the European Championships in the same year he won two silver medals with the 4 × 100 meter relay. Also in 1997 Tröger won the bronze medal at the Universiade in Catania / Italy over 100 meters freestyle. In 1999 and 2000 Christian Tröger won three more European championship medals with the team. When he took part in the Olympics for the third time in Sydney in 2000 , Tröger was not used in the final of the individual relay relay, although he was once again German champion in the 100-meter freestyle course in 2000 . With the 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay Tröger came fourth, with the 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay, he finished sixth.

Christian Tröger started at the beginning of his career for SC Wasserfreunde München under the coach Georg Weinzierl. He then moved to SV Würzburg 05 for a few years . From 1996 he joined the 1. Münchner SC , where he was looked after by Georg Weinzierl. Tröger's father, Hans-Joachim Tröger , won the 200-meter breaststroke at the 1959 Universiade and set the world's fastest time on this route. Christian Tröger's mother (Helga Tröger) became vice student world champion in high diving in 1959.

Christian Tröger holds a degree in business administration and received his doctorate on the subject of the Olympics - in the field of tension between myth and brand . Tröger works as an independent management consultant in the field of marketing.

successes

  • 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
  • European Championship 1993 in Sheffield
  • European Championship 1995 in Vienna
  • European short course championship 1996 in Rostock
    • Gold over 4 × 50 meters freestyle
  • 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
    • Bronze in the 4 × 100 meter freestyle with Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky and Mark Pinger
    • Bronze in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle with Aimo Heilmann , Christian Keller, Tröger and Steffen Zesner
  • Short course world championship 1997 in Gothenburg
  • European Championship 1997 in Seville
  • European Championship 1999 in Istanbul
    • Silver over 4 × 100 meters with Stev Theloke , Mark Warnecke , Christian Keller and Tröger
    • Bronze in the 4 × 100 meter freestyle with Christian Keller, Lars Merseburg , Tröger and Lars Conrad
  • Short course world championship 2000 in Athens
  • European Championship 2000 in Helsinki
    • Silver in the 4 × 100 meter freestyle with Stefan Herbst, Lars Conrad, Tröger and Stephan Kunzelmann

literature

  • National Olympic Committee for Germany: Sydney 2000. The German Olympic team Frankfurt am Main 2000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport: ... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker awarded ... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with the silver laurel leaf ...
  2. ↑ Website (accessed on May 10, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Tröger, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tröger, Christian Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH October 6, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich