Andreas Waschburger (born 6 January 1987) is a German professional

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, specialising in

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Life

Andreas Waschburger lives in

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is S ...

, Germany. He is a police commissioner and belongs to the sports group of the

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police.

Career

Waschburger started open water swimming in 2004. In 2009 he finished third in the overall European Cup, and in 2010 and 2013 he won this series over 5 and 10 kilometers. In 2011, he won a World Cup race in

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and finished third in the overall World Cup standings. He finished 17th at the European Championships in

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in 2010 and tenth at the World Championships the following year. This qualified him for the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

finishing 8th in the 10 km open water marathon. In 2013, he competed at the

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over 10 kilometers and finished third behind Matteo Furlan (Italy) and Romain Berand (France). At the 2012 European Open Water Swimming Championships in Piombino, Italy, Waschburger finished second in the 5 km and 10 km events. In 2017, he became the first German to win

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in Sweden. In early 2023, he became world champion in

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with the German mixed relay team. On September 8, 2023, he crossed the

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from Dover to Calais in 6 h 45 min 25 sec, breaking the eleven-year-old world record for this 32.31 km distance.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Waschburger, Andreas 1987 births Living people Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Saarbrücken FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany Universiade medalists in swimming German male long-distance swimmers Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 20th-century German people 21st-century German people