Wilfried Bode
Wilfried Bode (born December 13, 1929 in Hanover ; † September 25, 2012 in Osterwald ) was a German water polo player and two-time Olympic participant.
Life
Bode was eliminated in the preliminary round at the Summer Olympics in Helsinki in 1952 , but at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne he won sixth place with the German water polo team. Bode played a total of 72 national games. He took part in the 1954 European Water Polo Championships in Turin (6th place) and in Budapest (7th place) in 1958 , was a German Cup winner in 1948 and swam two German relay records.
After a traffic accident he had to give up his career as a water polo player at SV Wasserfreunde 1898 Hannover . At the disabled sports club in Hanover, he was once again German champion. Bode was married to the swimmer Elisabeth Rechlin .
Web links
- Wilfried Bode in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary , in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of September 29, 2012, accessed on April 22, 2014
- ↑ International championships and participants from Lower Saxony , overview of the Landessportbund Niedersachsen, accessed on April 25, 2014
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| SURNAME | Bode, Wilfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German water polo player and two-time Olympic participant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 25, 2012 |
| Place of death | Osterwald |