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Peter Fick ( December 12, 1913 - August 10, 1980 in Miami ) was an American swimmer.

Life

Fick used the butterfly style , which had only been invented a little before, and in the years 1934 to 1936 pushed the record for 100 meters freestyle held by Johnny Weissmüller by a full second to 56.4.

He entered the 1936 Olympic Games and was beaten by Ferenc Csik in the 100 meter freestyle competition. Fick did not have a second chance to win an Olympic medal: the games scheduled for 1940 were not held because of the war .

Trivia

As Friedrich Torberg reported in his book Die Erben der Tante Jolesch , he had to give up his job as a sports reporter at Prager Mittag after he had given an article about Peter Fick the title New Fick Record . A few years later, Torberg met a fellow journalist who told him the same thing was happening to him for the headline Fuck Always Faster! happens.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Fick in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
  2. ↑ Report on a Camel advertising campaign from 1940
  3. ↑ The life of a state sportsman: Hargitay, world champion in the 400-meter individual medley. Seven hours of daily labor. In: Zeit Online . September 21, 1973, Retrieved May 8, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Peter Fick in the Metropolitan Swimming Hall of Fame ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.metroswimming.org
  5. ↑ Thomas Kirschner, The "Prager Mittag" - the short story of an émigré newspaper , April 28, 2007, on: radio.cz
  6. ^ Friedrich Torberg: The heirs of Aunt Jolesch, p. 199/200
personal data
SURNAME Fuck, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fuck, Peter Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH December 12, 1913
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1980
Place of death Miami