Hans-Joachim Fassnacht (; born 28 November 1950) is a retired German swimmer. He competed at the

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

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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 mean solar tim ...

Summer Olympics in various freestyle and butterfly events and won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle in 1972. In 1972 he also won a 1500 m freestyle semifinal, setting an Olympic record, but withdrew from the final. During his career, Fassnacht set 41 German, 21 European and 2 world records, as well as five world best times. In 1969, while attending Long Beach State University, he broke the world record in the 400 m freestyle, and next year he broke another one, in the 200 m butterfly. He was selected as West German Sportspersonality of the Year three times in a row: in 1969, 1970 and 1971, beating Franz Beckenbauer. In 1992 he was inducted into the

International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the s ...

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* 1950 births Living people Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) German male swimmers Olympic swimmers of West Germany Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics World record setters in swimming German male freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century German people 21st-century German people People from Heilbronn (district) Long Beach State Beach swimmers {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub

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