Erwin Sietas
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Erwin Sietas (born July 24, 1910 in Hamburg ; † July 20, 1989 in Hamburg) was a German swimmer .
Life
Erwin Sietas swam for the Hamburg swimming club from 1879 . At the beginning of the 1930s he was one of the world's best breast swimmers and was able to win the silver medal over 200 m breasts behind Tetsuo Hamuro at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin . In 1934 he had already become European champion over this route. At the German Championships in 1929, 1932-1934 and 1937 he was German champion over 200 m breast.
In addition to swimming, Sietas was active as a water polo player. In 1992 he was inducted into the international swimming sport hall of fame .
Erwin Sietas was buried in Hamburg's Ohlsdorf cemetery , grid square AD 10 ( anonymous urn grove in front of the Riedemann mausoleum across from Chapel 8).
Web links
- Erwin Sietas and the Hamburg swimming club (PDF file; 259 kB)
- Brief sports biography by Erwin Sietas , The History Collection, University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
- Erwin Sietas in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
- Erwin Sietas in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sietas, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 1989 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |