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| Born | 5 March 1948 Chemnitz, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 September 2021 (aged 73) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Karl-Marx-Stadt, Chemnitz | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Joachim Röther (5 March 1948 – 12 September 2021) was a German backstroke swimmer who won a bronze medal in the 200 m backstroke at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships. [2] He also competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and finished seventh in the same event. [3]
