Stephan Güsgen

Stephan Güsgen

Personal information
Nationality	West German
Born	(1962-03-26) 26 March 1962 (age 62) Dormagen, North Rhine- Westphalia, West Germany
Height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	TSV Bayer Dormagen
Coach	Jürgen Schmitz
Medal record Representing  West Germany Summer Universiade 1987 Zagreb 50m freestyle

Stephan Güsgen (born 26 March 1962 in Dormagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired West German swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.^[1] He represented West Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and also became a member of and a resident athlete for TSV Bayer Dormagen, under his personal coach Jürgen Schmitz.^[2][3]

Gusgen competed only in the inaugural 50 m freestyle at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he finished fourteenth in the B final with a time of 23.55.^[4]

Shortly after the Games, Gusgen officially retired from swimming, and later worked as a sport medicine orthopedic surgeon at a local hospital in Dormagen.^[2]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stephan Güsgen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
2. Lemke, Andrea (30 October 2012). "Bürgerentscheid zur Römer Therme im Endspurt" [Referendum in the final sprint to the Roman Baths] (in German). Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
3. "Schwimmen: Christoph Fildebrandt geht an den Start bei den Olympischen Spielen" [Swimming: Christoph Fildebrandt goes to the starting line at the Olympics] (in German). Neuß-Grevenbroicher Zeitung. 28 June 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
4. "Seoul 1988: Aquatics (Swimming) – Men's 50m Freestyle Final B" (PDF). Seoul 1988. LA84 Foundation. p. 401. Retrieved 20 August 2013.