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Roland Matthes
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Roland Matthes was a male swimmer and athlete from the German Democratic Republic who later worked as a surgeon and physician. Born in Pößneck in 1950, he represented his country in competitive swimming. He was educated at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and spoke German.
Matthes received several awards, including induction into the Germany's Sports Hall of Fame and the International Swimming Hall of Fame, as well as the title of East German Sportspersonality of the Year. He was married to Kornelia Ender. He died of a myocardial infarction in Wertheim in 2019. His manner of death was natural causes. He also authored one work.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Fourierkoeffizienten vektorwertiger reell-analytischer Spitzenformen zum Gewicht 1/2 und verallgemeinerte Kloostermannsche Summen
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Key facts
- Nickname
- Rolls-Royce of Swimming
- Nationality
- East Germany
- Born
- ( 1950-11-17 ) 17 November 1950, Pößneck , Thuringia , East Germany
- Died
- 20 December 2019 (2019-12-20) (aged 69), Wertheim , Baden-Württemberg , Germany
- Height
- 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Weight
- 74 kg (163 lb)
- Sport
- Swimming
- Strokes
- Backstroke
- Club
- Sportclub Turbine Erfurt
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roland
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Pößneck
- Place of death
- Wertheim
- Spouse
- Kornelia Ender
- Occupation
- surgeon
- Educated at
- Friedrich Schiller University Jena
- Languages spoken
- German
- Sport
- competitive swimming
- Country for sport
- German Democratic Republic
- Mass
- 74
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-J0411-0003-001, Roland Matthes.jpg
- Height
- 1.89
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- Commons category
- Roland Matthes
- date of birth
- 1950-11-17
- name in native language
- Roland Matthes
- date of death
- 2019-12-20
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Roland Matthes ( German pronunciation: [ˈʁoːlant ˈmatəs], audio; 17 November 1950 – 20 December 2019) was a German swimmer and the most successful backstroke swimmer of all time. Between April 1967 and August 1974 he won all backstroke competitions he entered. He won four European championships and three world championships in a row, and swam 19 world and 28 European records in various backstroke, butterfly and medley events. He was trained by Marlies Grohe.
Swimming career
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roland Matthes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.