Herbert Heinrich (swimmer)
Herbert Heinrich 
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| Surname: | Herbert Heinrich | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Society: | Poseidon Leipzig | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | July 29, 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Leipzig | ||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death: | March 2nd 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death: | Dusseldorf | ||||||||||||||||||
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Herbert Heinrich (born July 29, 1899 in Leipzig , † March 2, 1975 in Düsseldorf ) was a German swimming athlete . In 1926 and 1927 he won the European championship in the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay.
Career
Herbert Heinrich von Poseidon Leipzig was the best German freestyle swimmer on the short distances in the first half of the 1920s. Since the German athletes were excluded from the Olympic Games after the First World War in 1920 and 1924, he was only able to compete in an international championship at the first European Swimming Championships , which were held in Budapest in 1926 . In the 400 meter freestyle he was seven seconds behind the Swede Arne Borg , but won silver in front of Friedel Berges from Darmstadt . In the only relay decision, the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay, Heinrich was the final swimmer after August Heitmann , Joachim Rademacher and Friedel Berges; In 9: 57.2 minutes the German relay won ahead of the Hungarians and the Swedes. The following year, the 1927 European Swimming Championships took place in Bologna . Arne Borg won all three freestyle distances, over 400 meters he was again seven seconds ahead of Heinrich, who again received the silver medal. The German relay won in 9: 49.6 minutes ahead of the Swedes and Hungarians.
At the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 , Heinrich retired over 100 meters freestyle in the preliminary and over 400 meters freestyle in the semi-finals. Karl Schubert , August Heitmann, Friedel Berges and Herbert Heinrich missed the medal chance in the relay due to a disqualification in the run-up. In 1931 Heinrich also took part in the third European Swimming Championships in Paris. In 9: 48.6 minutes he won the silver medal behind the Hungarian relay together with Karl Schubert, Raimund Deiters and Hans Balk .
German championship title
- 100 meter freestyle: 1921 , 1922 , 1923 , 1924 , 1925
- 200 meters freestyle: 1928
- 400 meter freestyle: 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927 , 1929
literature
- Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Darmstadt 1970
Web links
- Herbert Heinrich in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Heinrich, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 2nd 1975 |
| Place of death | Dusseldorf |