Hans Vosseler (born 1949) is a German

swimmer 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 ...

and Olympic medalist. He was born in

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...

in Nordrhein-Westfalen. He participated at the

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...

Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay.

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1949 births Living people Sportspeople from Paderborn German male swimmers Olympic swimmers of West Germany Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics German male freestyle swimmers Olympic silver medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub