Name Erik Hochstein | Role Swimmer | |
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Olympic medals Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay Similar People Michael Gross, Rainer Henkel, Sven Lodziewski, Matt Biondi, Heike Henkel | ||
Erik Hochstein (born 1 October 1968 in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a former swimmer from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
History
Hochstein started swimming competitively at age ten after watching his father and two older brothers swim. Between 1985 to 1990, he was a member of the West German National Team. Hochstein was fifteen years old.
Hochstein moved to the United States and swam for USC for three years. He coached for SCAQ (- http://www.swim.net/scaq) 1994-1997, then took a break from swimming for more than four years. Hochstein is married and provides services for Senior citizens through a consulting business for families and through a non-profit organization called Sydney Cooper Senior Smiles.