Klaus Steinbach (born 14 December 1953Steinbach's bio
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Kleve Kleve (; traditional en, Cleves ; nl, Kleef; french: Clèves; es, Cléveris; la, Clivia; Low Rhenish: ''Kleff'') is a town in the Lower Rhine region of northwestern Germany near the Dutch border and the River Rhine. From the 11th century ...

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) is a former World Record holding and Olympic

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. He swam for Germany at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. At the '72 Games, he was a member of West Germany's silver medal winning 4×200 m freestyle relay. At the '76 Games, he was part of West Germany's bronze medal winning 4×100 m medley relay. He also has a one individual bronze medal and six relay medals from the

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between 1973 and 1978. Steinbach was the first man under 50 seconds on 100 m freestyle in a short course meters pool. He also served as Germany's Chef de Mission for the

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* 1953 births Living people People from Kleve Sportspeople from Düsseldorf (region) German male swimmers Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of West Germany World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming German male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic silver medalists in swimming Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade bronze medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Recipients of the Saarland Order of Merit {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub