Ralf Braun

Ralf Braun (born January 24, 1973 in Berlin ) is a former German swimmer and Olympic participant. The 1.92 m tall and 86 kg heavy athlete started for the Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 and for the starting community Coubertin Berlin .

Competitions

German championships

Braun won six German championships:

• 100 m back: 1997 and 1998
• 200 m back: 1996 , 1997 , 1998 and 2000

European championships

At the European Championships in Seville in 1997 , Braun won the 200 m back in 1: 59.91 minutes behind the Russian Vladimir Selkow (gold in 1: 59.21 minutes) and the Italian Emanuele Merisi (silver in 1: 59.63 minutes) .) the bronze medal. Things went even better for him on his parade route two years later in Istanbul , where he was the only finalist under 2 minutes and took the title in 1: 59.74 minutes.

World championships

At the 1998 World Championships in Perth he also started over 200 m back and won the silver medal in 1: 59.23 minutes (World Champion was the American Lenny Krayzelburg in 1: 58.84 minutes).

Olympic games

Braun took part in the Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996 and in Sydney in 2000 and achieved the following results:

• 1996
  • 100 m back: 7th place in 55.56 seconds ( American Jeff Rouse won gold in 54.10 seconds)
  • 200 m back: 18th place in 2: 01.50 minutes (although qualified as third in his heat, but not run to the final)
  • 4 × 100 m layer relay (team: Ralf Braun, Mark Warnecke , Christian Keller , Björn Zikarsky , Oliver Lampe and Stev Theloke ): 4th place in 3: 39.64 min. Just behind the third-placed Australians (3: 39.56 min. )
• 2000
  • 200 m back: 21st place in 2: 01.35 minutes (eliminated in the preliminary run)

Web links

• German swimming championships
• Ralf Braun in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Munzinger biography
• portrait