Georg Zacharias
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Georg Zacharias (14 June 1884 – 31 July 1953) was a German
backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimm ...
and breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in
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. In the 1904 Olympics he won a gold medal in the 440 yard breaststroke and a bronze medal in the 100 yard backstroke.


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1884 births 1953 deaths Swimmers from Berlin German male swimmers Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic swimmers of Germany Swimmers at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming 19th-century German people 20th-century German people {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub