Christian Reichert (born 7 February 1985) is a German
swimmer
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. Since 2011, he participates in the
open water events.
He won the gold medal in the
Team event at the
2013 World Aquatics Championships
The 15th FINA World Championships ( ca, Campionat Mundial de Natació de 2013, es, Campeonato Mundial de Natación de 2013) were held from 20 July to 4 August in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.[Barcelona
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alongside his teammates
Thomas Lurz and
Isabelle Härle
Isabelle Härle (born 10 January 1988) is a German swimmer. Since 2011, she participates in the open water events.
She won the bronze medal at the Team 5 km world championships.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she competed in th ...
.
At the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in
Rio de Janeiro
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, he competed in the
men's 10 km marathon swim. He finished in 9th place with a time of 1:53:04.7.
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1985 births
Living people
German male swimmers
Male long-distance swimmers
World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
Olympic swimmers for Germany
Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Würzburg
20th-century German people
21st-century German people
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