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Sebastian Halgasch
Sebastian Halgasch (born 20 December 1980 in Dresden) is a backstroke swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 50m Backstroke at the European SC Championships 1999 in Lisbon, Portugal. A couple of months later, at the 2000 FINA Short Course World Championships in Athens, Greece, he captured the silver medal in the 4x100 Medley Relay, alongside Björn Nowakowski, Thomas Rupprath, and Stefan Herbst. In 2001 he won the FINA Swimming World Cup in the 50m Backstroke and 100m Individual Medley. p27 See also * German records in swimmingReferences 1980 births Living people German male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Swimmers from Dresden Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 20th-ce ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
