Stev Theloke
Stev Theloke 
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| Surname: | Stev Theloke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Germany
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| Swimming style (s) : | Backs, layers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | January 18, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Karl-Marx-Stadt (today's Chemnitz) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 2.02 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 100 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stev Theloke (born January 18, 1978 in Karl-Marx-Stadt ) is a former German swimmer .
Theloke's main position is the backstroke , in which he was one of the fastest swimmers in Europe before the great successes of Thomas Rupprath and Helge Meeuw . He hit the headlines in 2005 when he was excluded from the German national team and from the 2005 World Swimming Championships in Montréal after his criticism of the German Swimming Association . Theloke starts for the Chemnitz Swimming Club , trains and lives in Chemnitz after a short three-year stay in Berlin.
For winning the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he was awarded the silver laurel leaf by Federal President Johannes Rau on February 2, 2001 - together with all other German medalists .
successes
- 19 German championships 1994-2005 (50, 100, 200 meters back, 100 meter medley )
- Bronze medal at the 1998 World Championships in Perth over 200 meters back
- European short course champion 1999 in Lisbon over 100 meters back
- European champion in 1999 in Istanbul over 50 & 100 meters back, silver medal with the 4 × 100 meter relay
- European champion 2000 in Helsinki over 50 meters back
- Bronze medals at the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney over 100 meters back and with the German 4 × 100 meter relay
- Short course European champion 2001 in Antwerp over 50 meters back and with the 4 × 100 meter relay, silver medal over 100 meters back
- European champion in 2002 in Berlin over 100 meters back, silver medal with the 4 × 100 meter relay, bronze medal over 50 meters back
- European champion 2004 in Madrid over 50 meters back, bronze medal over 100 meters back
Web links
- Stev Theloke's website
- Stev Theloke in the database of Swimrankings.net (English)
- Stev Theloke in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bundespräsidialamt, communication dated February 2, 2001: Reprint of the greeting from Federal President Johannes Rau to the German medal winners of the 2000 Summer Olympics on the occasion of the silver laurel leaf being awarded to them
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| SURNAME | Theloke, Stev |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karl-Marx-Stadt , German Democratic Republic |