- Dirk Richter
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Medal record 
Dirk RichterMen's swimming Competitor for 
East GermanyOlympic Games Bronze Seoul 1988 4×100 m freestyle Competitor for 
GermanyBronze Barcelona 1992 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Competitor for East GermanyGold 1982 Guayaquil 100 m backstroke Gold 1986 Madrid 4x200 m freestyle Silver 1986 Madrid 100 m backstroke Bronze 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle Competitor for GermanySilver 1991 Perth 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1991 Perth 4×100 m medley European Championships (LC) Competitor for East GermanyGold 1983 Rome 100 m backstroke Gold 1987 Strasbourg 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1983 Rome 4×200 m freestyle Silver 1985 Sofia 100 m backstroke Silver 1985 Sofia 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1985 Sofia 4×100 m medley Bronze 1981 Split 4×100 m medley Bronze 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle Bronze 1983 Rome 4×100 m medley Bronze 1987 Strasbourg 100 m freestyle Bronze 1989 Bonn 100 m backstroke Competitor for GermanySilver 1991 Athens 100 m backstroke Silver 1991 Athens 200 m backstroke Silver 1991 Athens 4×100 m freestyle Dirk Richter (born 12 September 1964 in Cottbus, Brandenburg) is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics. He did so in 1988 with the East German team, alongside Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg, and Steffen Zesner.
Four years later, when Barcelona, Spain hosted the Games, Richter represented Germany and ended up third alongside Mark Pinger, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner.
References
World Long Course Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke 1973: Roland Matthes (GDR) • 1975: Roland Matthes (GDR) • 1978: Bob Jackson (USA) • 1982: Dirk Richter (GDR) • 1986: Igor Polyansky (URS) • 1991: Jeff Rouse (USA) • 1994: Martin Lopez-Zubero (ESP) • 1998: Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) • 2001: Matt Welsh (AUS) • 2003: Aaron Peirsol (USA) • 2005: Aaron Peirsol (USA) • 2007: Aaron Peirsol (USA) • 2009: Junya Koga (JAP) • 2011: Camille Lacourt (FRA) & Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay 1973: United States (Krumpholz, Backhaus, Klatt, Montgomery) • 1975: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Geissler, Nocke) • 1978: United States (Furniss, Forrester, Hackett, Gaines) • 1982: United States (Saeger, Float, Miller, Gaines) • 1986: East Germany (Hinneburg, Flemming, Richter, Lodziewski) • 1991: West Germany (Sitt, Zesner, Pfeiffer, Groß) • 1994: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz) • 1998: Australia (Klim, Thorpe, Hackett, Kowalski) • 2001: Australia (Hackett, Kirby, Klim, Thorpe) • 2003: Australia (Hackett, Stevens, Sprenger, Thorpe) • 2005: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller) • 2007: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Keller, Vanderkaay) • 2009: United States (Phelps, Berens, Walters, Lochte) • 2011: United States (Phelps, Vanderkaay, Berens, Lochte)
European Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke 1926: Gustav Fröhlich (GER) • 1927: Eskil Lundahl (SWE) • 1931: Gerhard Deutsch (GER) • 1934: John Besford (GBR) • 1938: Heinz Schlauch (GER) • 1947: Georges Vallerey (FRA) • 1950: Göran Larsson (SWE) • 1954: Gilbert Bozon (FRA) • 1958: Robert Christophe (FRA) • 1970: Roland Matthes (GDR) • 1974: Roland Matthes (GDR) • 1977: Miloslav Rolko (TCH) • 1981: Sándor Wladár (HUN) • 1983: Dirk Richter (GDR) • 1985: Igor Polyansky (URS) • 1987: Sergei Zabolotnov (URS) • 1989: Martin López-Zubero (ESP) • 1991: Martin López-Zubero (ESP) • 1993: Martin López-Zubero (ESP) • 1995: Vladimir Selkov (RUS) • 1997: Martin López-Zubero (ESP) • 1999: Stev Theloke (GER) • 2000: David Ortega (ESP) • 2002: Stev Theloke (GER) • 2004: László Cseh (HUN) • 2006: Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS) • 2008: Markus Rogan (AUT) • 2010: Camille Lacourt (FRA)
European Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1962: France (Gottvallès, Curtillet, Christophe, Gropaiz) • 1966: East Germany (Wiegand, Poser, Gregor, Sommer) • 1970: Soviet Union (Bure, Mazanov, Kulikov, Ilyichev) • 1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Schiller, Meier, Nocke) • 1977: West Germany (Steinbach, Schmidt, Könnecker, Nocke) • 1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Salnikov, Chayev, Kopliakov) • 1983: Soviet Union (Smiriagin, Krasyuk, Tkacenko, Markovskiy) • 1985: West Germany (Schowtka, Fahrner, Korthals, Groß) • 1987: East Germany (Richter, Flemming, Zesner, Lodziewski) • 1989: West Germany (Sitt, Schadt, Zikarsky, Zikarsky) • 1991: Soviet Union (Khnykin, Prigoda, Tayanovich, Popov) • 1993: Russia (Predkin, Pyshnenko, Sadovyi, Popov) • 1995: Russia (Predkin, Shegolov, Yegorov, Popov) • 1997: Russia (Popov, Yegorov, Pimankov, Pyshnenko) • 1999: Netherlands (Kenkhuis, Veens, Wouda, Van den Hoogenband) • 2000: Russia (Pimankov, Chernychev, Kapralov, Popov) • 2002: Germany (Conrad, Herbst, Spanneberg, Kunzelmann) • 2004: Italy (Vismara, Galenda, Vassanelli, Magnini) • 2006: Italy (Calvi, Galenda, Vismara, Magnini) • 2008: Sweden (Piehl, Nystrand, Stymne, Persson) • 2010: Russia (Lagunov, Grechin, Lobintsev, Izotov)
Categories:- 1964 births
- Living people
- German swimmers
- Male backstroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of East Germany
- Olympic swimmers of Germany
- Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- People from Cottbus
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- German swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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