Sebastian Wiese (born 12 January 1972 in

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, Bezirk Dresden) is a retired

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from

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, who represented his native country at two consecutive

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, starting in 1992. He won a bronze and a silver medal at the European Long Course Championships in the men's 1500 m freestyle in the early 1990s.

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* 1972 births Living people Swimmers from Dresden People from Bezirk Dresden German male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Germany Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub