Patrick Weissinger

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Patrick Weissinger
Personal information
Born (1973-04-02) 2 April 1973 (age 50)
Stuttgart, West Germany
NationalityFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 90 kg (200 lb)
Position centre back

Patrick Weissinger (born 2 April 1973) is a German male water polo player and coach. He was a member of the Germany men's national water polo team, playing as a centre back. He was a part of the team at the 2004 Summer Olympics as the team captain. [1] On club level he played for Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 in Germany.

After his career he became a water polo coach, and was the coach of the German national team at the 2016 Men's European Water Polo Championship squads.

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References

  1. "Profile of Patrick Weissinger". sports-reference . Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2016.