Jirka Letzin (born February 8, 1971, in

Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg (lit. ''New Brandenburg'', ) is a city in the southeast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located on the shore of a lake called Tollensesee and forms the urban centre of the Mecklenburg Lakeland. The city is famous for its ...

) is a retired

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and medley

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from

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. He won his first major title in 1994, at the European Short Course Championships in

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. He represented his native country at the

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, finishing in 9th place in the men's 400 m individual medley.

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1971 births Living people German male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Male medley swimmers Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Germany Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Goodwill Games medalists in swimming People from Neubrandenburg Competitors at the 1998 Goodwill Games Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania 20th-century German people 21st-century German people {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub