Gerhard Hetz
Olympic athlete
1942 – 2012
Who was Gerhard Hetz?
Gerhard Hetz was a German Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the 400 m individual medley in 1964.
He set two world records in the 400 m individual medley, in 1962 and 1963. In 1962 he was selected as the German Sportspersonality of the Year. After retirement from competitions he became a successful swimming coach at Blau-Weiß Bochum, SSF Bonn and then SV Rhenania Köln, training such swimmers as Rainer Henkel, Werner Lampe and Peter Sitt. However, he was also criticized for his harsh training methods. He died in Barra de Navidad, Mexico, where he was running an hotel with his wife. They had three children.
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- Born
- Jul 13, 1942
Hof - Also known as
- Хец, Герхард
- Lived in
- Hof
- Died
- May 19, 2012
Barra de Navidad
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on July 23, 2013
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