Konrad Enke
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Konrad Enke (23 July 1934 – 13 November 2016) was a German swimmer who specialized in the 200 m
breaststroke Breaststroke is a human swimming, swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and ...
event. After winning five national titles in 1954–1955 and 1957–1959 he set a new European record at 2:38.4 in 1959. The next year he competed at the
1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad () and commonly known as Rome 1960 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy. Rome had previously been awar ...
, but failed to reach the final.


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1934 births 2016 deaths People from Pößneck East German male breaststroke swimmers German male breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United Team of Germany Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Thuringia {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub