 Eichhorst in 1988 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | c. 1971 (age 48–49) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Empor Rostock [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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