Steffen Driesen (born November 30, 1981, in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

) is a

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

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from

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, who competed in two consequentive

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for his native country. At the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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, he won the silver medal in the 4x100 Medley Relay, alongside Lars Conrad, Jens Kruppa, and

Thomas Rupprath Thomas Rupprath (born 16 March 1977 in Neuss) is an Olympic Games, Olympic swimmer from Germany, who is nicknamed Michael Groß, "The New Albatross". Biography He held the world record for the 50 m backstroke (Short course (swimming), shor ...

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Profile on FINA-website
* 1981 births Living people German male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Swimmers from Düsseldorf World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century German sportsmen 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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