Paul Günther
German diver
Paul Günther at the 1912 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Born | 24 October 1882 Hannover, German Empire | |||||||||||
Died | 13 February 1959(1959-02-13) (aged 76) Duisburg, West Germany | |||||||||||
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Sport | Diving | |||||||||||
Club | Hannover 92 | |||||||||||
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Paul Günther (24 October 1882 – 13 February 1959) was a German diver who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.[1] He won the gold medal in the 3 m springboard event. In the plain high diving he competed in the final, but did not finish, so he came eighth.[2] In 1988 he was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Paul Günther". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Paul Günther". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "PAUL GUNTHER (GER)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014.
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- 1908: Albert Zürner (GER)
- 1912: Paul Günther (GER)
- 1920: Louis Kuehn (USA)
- 1924: Albert White (USA)
- 1928: Pete Desjardins (USA)
- 1932: Michael Galitzen (USA)
- 1936: Richard Degener (USA)
- 1948: Bruce Harlan (USA)
- 1952: David Browning (USA)
- 1956: Bob Clotworthy (USA)
- 1960: Gary Tobian (USA)
- 1964: Kenneth Sitzberger (USA)
- 1968: Bernard Wrightson (USA)
- 1972: Vladimir Vasin (URS)
- 1976: Phil Boggs (USA)
- 1980: Aleksandr Portnov (URS)
- 1984: Greg Louganis (USA)
- 1988: Greg Louganis (USA)
- 1992: Mark Lenzi (USA)
- 1996: Xiong Ni (CHN)
- 2000: Xiong Ni (CHN)
- 2004: Peng Bo (CHN)
- 2008: He Chong (CHN)
- 2012: Ilya Zakharov (RUS)
- 2016: Cao Yuan (CHN)
- 2020: Xie Siyi (CHN)
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