Klaus Bodinger

Klaus Bodinger

Personal information
Born	14 May 1932 Breslau, Germany
Died	6 April 1994 (aged 61) Strasbourg, Germany
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Stahl Nord Leipzig (1952), Motor Gohlis Nord (1953)
Medal record Swimming European Championships Representing  East Germany 1954 Turin 200 m breaststroke Representing  West Germany 1958 Budapest 200 m breaststroke

Klaus Bodinger (14 May 1932 – 6 April 1994) was a German swimmer who specialized in the 200 m breaststroke. In this discipline he won two national titles in 1952–1953 and a gold medal at the 1954 European Aquatics Championships competing for East Germany.^[1] He then moved to West Germany, where he won three national titles in 1955, 1957 and 1958. He also won a bronze medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships competing for West Germany.^[2][3][4]

References

1. Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften Herren – Teil 2. www.sport-komplett.de
2. Schwimmen – Deutsche Meisterschaften (Herren-Teil 3). www.sport-komplett.de
3. European Swimming Championships (Men). gbrathletics.com
4. Volker Kluge Lexikon Sportler in der DDR. Neues Leben, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-355-01759-6, p. 42.