Walter Bathe (1 December 1892 – 21 September 1959) was a German

breaststroke Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be s ...

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. He won gold medals in the 200 m and 400 m breaststroke at the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

, setting Olympic records that lasted until 1924. In 1970 he was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Bathe took swimming aged 8 to improve poor health and at 19 won two Olympic medals. He continued swimming until about 1930, winning 6 national breaststroke championships, 5 Crownprince Trophies, and 3 River Oder swims (7.5 km). In 1910 he set two world records in the 100 m breaststroke, at 1:18.4 and 1:17.5.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bathe, Walter 1892 births 1959 deaths People from Złotoryja County Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship People from the Province of Silesia German male swimmers German male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of Germany Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming

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