Sport Swimming Weight 80 kg Name Werner Lampe Children Oliver Lampe | Role Olympic athlete Club Bonn, SV Wurzburg 05 Height 1.95 m | |
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Born 30 November 1952 (age 71) ( 1952-11-30 ) Hannover, Germany Olympic medals Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle Similar People Klaus Steinbach, Mark Spitz, Vladimir Bure, Fred Tyler | ||
Werner Lampe (born 30 November 1952) is a retired German swimmer and Olympic medalist. He is the brother of Hans Lampe and father of Oliver Lampe. He participated at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in 200 m freestyle in 1972.
Lampe shaved off his hair before the 200 m Olympic race in 1972 to reduce the water drag, and then wore a wig at the award ceremony.
After retiring from competitions Lampe worked as a swimming coach. In 2005, aged 52, he defended a PhD at the University of Hannover on the role of exercise in diabetics and overweight persons.
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