Mark Pinger
Mark Pinger 
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| Surname: | Mark Pinger | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle, layers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | June 26, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Kenzingen | ||||||||||||||||||
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Mark Pinger (born June 26, 1970 in Kenzingen ) is a former German swimmer who won two bronze medals at the Olympic Games.
Mark Pinger, who swims for SV Nikar Heidelberg , took second place behind Nils Rudolph at the German Swimming Championships in 1992 over 50 meters freestyle . In the 100 meter freestyle he missed the A-final, but as the winner of the B-final he was 50.03 seconds faster than all starters of the A-final. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, he won the bronze medal behind the relay teams from the United States and the Commonwealth of Independent States with the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay made up of Christian Tröger , Dirk Richter , Steffen Zesner and Mark Pinger, the former Soviet Union. In the 50 meter freestyle, Pinger reached the B-final and finished twelfth overall. The 4 x 100 meter layer relay made up of Tino Weber , Mark Warnecke , Christian Keller and Mark Pinger took fourth place just behind the Canadians. At the European Sprint Championships in 1992, Pinger swam silver over 50 meters freestyle and with the freestyle relay.
In 1993, Mark Pinger won his only German championship title on the 50-meter track at the German Swimming Championships over 50 meters freestyle; over 100 meters he took second place behind Christian Tröger. In 1995 Pinger won for the second time after 1992 the German short course championship over 50 meters freestyle. In 1996 Pinger was able to qualify as third in the German championship over 100 meters for the Olympic Games in Atlanta . There, the German relay team with Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky , Björn Zikarsky and Mark Pinger again won bronze behind the relay teams from the United States and Russia.
In 1993 he was honored with the silver bay leaf .
literature
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Barcelona 92. The German Olympic team Frankfurt am Main 1992
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Atlanta 96. The German Olympic team Frankfurt am Main 1996
Web links
- Mark Pinger in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ European Short Course Championships
- ↑ http://www.bundespraesident.de/DE/Amt-und-Aufgabe/Orden-und-Ehrungen/Silbernes-Lorbeerblatt/silbernes-lorbeerblatt-node.html
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| SURNAME | Pinger, Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kenzingen |