Haide Klüglein (February 2, 1939 – July 28, 2020) was a female German swimmer, who is starting for the ''

Flensburg Flensburg (; Danish language, Danish and ; ; ) is an independent city, independent town in the far north of the Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. After Kiel and Lübeck, it is the third-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein. Flensburg's ...

er Schwimmklub'' (Flensburg swimming club). The multiple holder of swimming-records in

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

(as of 2014),AK Rekordliste 5000 m
Schleswig-Holsteinischer Schwimmverband (german) German Champion (in 2011 and in 2013 over 2,5 kilometres

Open water swimming Open water swimming is a swimming discipline which takes place in outdoor bodies of water such as open oceans, lakes, and rivers. Competitive open water swimming is governed by the International Swimming Federation, World Aquatics (formerly kno ...

)Am Samstag beginnen die Masters
Deutscher Schwimm-Verband (german)Haide Klüglein gewinnt DM-Gold
Flensburger Schwimmklub (german) and German Vicechampion (in 2005 over 400 and 800 metres

freestyle swimming Freestyle is a category of Swimming (sport), swimming competition, defined by the rules of World Aquatics, in which competitors are subject to only a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all ...

)Uwe W. Schroeder: Aus der Geschichte des Flensburger Schwimmklubs von 1930 e.V.
Flensburger Schwimmklub (german) as well as eight times

World Championship A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

-competitor (as of 2014)Super-WM-Auftritt in Montréal
, Flensburger Schwimmklub (german) reached her biggest successes on long distances in Open water swimming of the Masters, which Klüglein usually completes with two short distances. Before every competition in Open water swimming the exceptional sportswoman is in the habit of checking the official given water temperature by her own thermometerSchnellste ist die Langsamste
In ''Schwäbische Zeitung'' (german) – the German Swimming Federation dictates in general at German Championships at least 16 °C. For her success awarded the council of Flensburg Haide Klüglein in 2009 with the medal of honour in Bronze. Klüglein died in 2020 aged 81 in Flensburg.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kluglein, Haide 1939 births 2020 deaths German female long-distance swimmers Sportspeople from Magdeburg Swimmers from Saxony-Anhalt Sportspeople from Flensburg Swimmers from Schleswig-Holstein Masters swimmers 20th-century German sportswomen