Friedel Berges
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Surname: | Friedel Berges | |||||||||||||||
Nation: | Germany | |||||||||||||||
Society: | Young Germany Darmstadt | |||||||||||||||
Birthday: | October 23, 1903 | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth: | Darmstadt | |||||||||||||||
Date of death: | 13th August 1969 | |||||||||||||||
Place of death: | Darmstadt | |||||||||||||||
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Friedel Berges (born October 23, 1903 in Darmstadt ; † August 13, 1969 there ) was a German swimming athlete . In 1926 and 1927 he won the European championship in the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay.
Career
Friedel Berges from Jungdeutschland Darmstadt took part in the first European swimming championships in 1926 . In the 400 meter freestyle he won the bronze medal in 5: 25.6 minutes behind the Swede Arne Borg and the Leipzig Herbert Heinrich . Borg also won the 1500 meter freestyle; Forty seconds behind, Berges crossed the finish line in 22: 08.2 minutes in second, ahead of Joachim Rademacher from Magdeburg . In the only relay decision, the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay, the German relay team swam with August Heitmann , Joachim Rademacher, Friedel Berges and Herbert Heinrich in 9: 57.2 minutes to win over the Hungarians and the Swedes. In the following year, the German relay team defended the title in 9: 49.6 minutes in front of the Swedes and Hungarians. At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , Berges was eliminated from the 400 meter freestyle run. Karl Schubert , August Heitmann, Friedel Berges and Herbert Heinrich missed the medal chance in the relay due to a disqualification in the run-up.
German championship title
literature
- Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Darmstadt 1970
Web links
- Friedel Berges in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- German champions freestyle swimming
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SURNAME | Berges, Friedel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1903 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |
DATE OF DEATH | 13th August 1969 |
Place of death | Darmstadt |