Jörg Woithe (born 11 April 1963) is a German former swimmer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in

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and won a gold medal in the 100 m freestyle and a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay; he finished fourth in the 200 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Between 1981 and 1987 he won two gold, seven silver and five bronze medals at the world and European championships. After retiring from swimming he received a degree from the German Institute of Physical Education and Sport in Leipzig / Germany ( Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur und Sport - DHfK ) via distance learning. He then worked as a swimming coach, and was also employed by companies producing swimming articles and high-performance lubricants. In 2012 he was hired by the

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ian swimming national team.Jorg Woithe named as Iran swimming coach
. The Tehran Times, 24 June 2012

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* 1963 births Living people Swimmers from Berlin East German male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of East Germany Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic gold medalists in swimming Olympic silver medalists in swimming {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub