Cedric Büssing (born 17 October 2003) is a German competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who represented

Germany at the 2024 Summer Olympics Germany participated at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's eighteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympic Games, except for 1920 and 1924 due to the nation's role in World War I, and 194 ...

. A member of the

Indianapolis Greyhounds The Indianapolis Greyhounds, also the UIndy Greyhounds, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Indianapolis (UIndy), located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Greyhounds compete in NCAA Division II as members of the Great Lakes Va ...

, he became the first

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is the intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment ...

swimmer to make an Olympic final, finishing 8th in the 400m

individual medley Medley swimming is a combination of four different swimming strokes ( freestyle (usually front crawl), backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as ...

. During his preliminary heat, Büssing set the German national record with a time of 4:11.52, surpassing

Jacob Heidtmann Jacob Heidtmann (born 6 November 1994) is a retired German swimmer. He competed in the men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay and the 400 metre medley event at the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of t ...

's time set in 2015. Büssing is originally from

Grevenbroich Grevenbroich () is a town in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Erft, approximately 15 km southwest of Neuss and 15 km southeast of Mönchengladbach. Cologne and Düsseldorf are in a ...

. He attended Goethe-Gymnasium in

Dortmund Dortmund (; ; ) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the List of cities in Germany by population, ninth-largest city in Germany. With a population of 614,495 inhabitants, it is the largest city ...

. He is a 17-time NCAA All-American and holds numerous school records as part of the Greyhounds. He won three medals at the

2021 European Junior Swimming Championships The 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from 6 to 11 July 2021 in Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazi ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bussing, Cedric 2003 births German male medley swimmers University of Indianapolis alumni Indianapolis Greyhounds athletes Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Living people 21st-century German sportsmen