Peter Sitt

Peter Sitt (born December 7, 1969 in Porz ) is a former German swimming athlete . He grew up with his parents in Kerpen - Horrem and trained at the Horrem / Sindorf swimming club. In 1984 he was "discovered" at the year-old championships of the German Swimming Association and then started for the SSF Bonn , later for the SV Rhenania Cologne and trained there until 1991 under Gerhard Hetz , in 1992 he was trained by Rainer Henkel . His greatest successes include winning the gold medal with the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay and the silver medal with the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay at the 1991 World Swimming Championships in Perth .

At the Olympic Games in 1988 , Sitt competed in the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay in the preliminary run, in the finals Michael Groß and Thomas Fahrner swam for Sitt and Stefan Pfeiffer and together with Erik Hochstein and Rainer Henkel took third place. All six swimmers involved in the preliminary and final received the bronze medal.

Peter Sitt has been an active member of the German Sports Aid Board of Trustees since 2013. After his active sports career, he works as an independent insurance broker.

successes

• 1985 three-time European youth champion
• 1987 European champion with the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay in world record time and runner-up European champion with the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay
• 1988 participation in the Olympic Games ; 6th place in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay with Michael Groß , Thomas Fahrner and Torsten Wiegel ;
• 1989 German champion in the 200 meter freestyle, European champion with the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay and vice European champion with the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay
• 1990 German champion over 100 meters freestyle in Munich
• 1991 World Champion with the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay and Vice World Champion with the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay in Perth (Australia)
• 1992 participation in the Olympic Games ; 4th place with the 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay

Individual evidence

1. ↑ to here in Munzinger

literature

• National Olympic Committee for Germany: Seoul 1988. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany . Frankfurt am Main 1988
• National Olympic Committee for Germany: Barcelona 92. The German Olympic team . Frankfurt am Main 1992

Web links

• Peter Sitt in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
• Peter Sitt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )