Peter Rund (born 21 February 1943) is a retired German

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player and

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. He competed at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

, and finished in sixth place with the East German team, contributing 13 goals in 9 matches. He also competed in swimming at the national level, winning the East German championships in the 4×100 m freestyle relay in 1970. He married Evelyn Stolze, a German Olympic swimmer; their daughter

Cathleen Rund Cathleen Großmann (born Cathleen Rund, 3 November 1977 in Berlin), formerly called Cathleen Stolze, is a former backstroke and medley swimmer from Germany, who competed at two consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 199 ...

also became an Olympic swimmer.

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1943 births Living people German male water polo players Olympic water polo players for East Germany East German male water polo players Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics SC Dynamo Berlin sportspeople People from Gotha (district) Sportspeople from Bezirk Erfurt Sportspeople from Thuringia East German male freestyle swimmers {{Germany-waterpolo-bio-stub