Ralf Braun
German swimmer
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Full name | Ralf Braun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1973-01-24) 24 January 1973 (age 51) East Berlin, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Wasserfreunde Spandau 04, Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ralf Braun (born 24 January 1973 in Berlin) is a retired backstroke swimmer from Germany, who competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 (Atlanta, Georgia).
A member of Wasserfreunde Spandau 04 he is best known for winning the gold medal at the 1999 European Swimming Championships in the men's 200 m backstroke event. He also claimed the silver medal in the 4×100 m medley relay, two years earlier, alongside Jens Kruppa, Thomas Rupprath and Christian Tröger.
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European Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke
- 1962: Leonid Barbier (URS)
- 1966: Yuriy Hromak (URS)
- 1970: Roland Matthes (GDR)
- 1974: Roland Matthes (GDR)
- 1977: Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN)
- 1981: Sándor Wladár (HUN)
- 1983: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS)
- 1985: Igor Polyansky (URS)
- 1987: Sergey Zabolotnov (URS)
- 1989: Stefano Battistelli (ITA)
- 1991: Martín López-Zubero (ESP)
- 1993: Vladimir Selkov (RUS)
- 1995: Vladimir Selkov (RUS)
- 1997: Vladimir Selkov (RUS)
- 1999: Ralf Braun (GER)
- 2000: Gordan Kožulj (CRO)
- 2002: Gordan Kožulj (CRO)
- 2004: Markus Rogan (AUT)
- 2006: Arkady Vyatchanin (RUS)
- 2008: Markus Rogan (AUT)
- 2010: Stanislav Donets (RUS)
- 2012: Radosław Kawęcki (POL)
- 2014: Radosław Kawęcki (POL)
- 2016: Radosław Kawęcki (POL)
- 2018: Evgeny Rylov (RUS)
- 2020: Evgeny Rylov (RUS)
- 2022: Yohann Ndoye-Brouard (FRA)
- 2024: Oleksandr Zheltyakov (UKR)
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