Marco di Carli (born April 12, 1985, in
Löningen
Löningen () is a town in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. The town is situated on the river Hase, approx. 25 km southwest of Cloppenburg.
History
Löningen originally appeared in 822 as Loingo. The name Löningen was m ...
,
Lower Saxony
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,
West Germany
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) is a German
swimmer who specialisms are
backstroke
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and
freestyle. He swims at the SG
Frankfurt
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club and is 1.89 metres (6'2") tall and weighs 80 kg (176 lbs).
International career
He captured bronze in the 100m IM at the
European Short Course Swimming Championships
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.
He competed for Germany at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
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.
Marco Di Carli at Sports Reference
at Sports Reference
His personal best times are:
* 100 metres freestyle – 48"24 (German record)
* 50 metres backstroke – 25"53
* 100 metres backstroke – 54"76
References
See also
* German records in swimming
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* Germany (of or related to)
** Germania (historical use)
* Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language
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* His post on German Wikipedia
1985 births
Living people
German male backstroke swimmers
German male freestyle swimmers
German male swimmers
Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic swimmers of Germany
European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Sportspeople from Lower Saxony
20th-century German people
21st-century German people
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