Uwe Daßler (born 11 February 1967), commonly spelled Uwe Dassler in English, is a former middle- and long-distance

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 ...

from

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, who represented

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(GDR) in international competition. He was European champion in the 400-metre freestyle in 1985 and 1987. At the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul, South Korea, Dassler won three medals. He won a gold medal and set a new world record of 3:46.95 in the men's 400-metre freestyle. He then won a bronze for his third-place finish in the men's 1,500-metre freestyle (15:06.15), behind Soviet

Vladimir Salnikov Vladimir Valeryevich Salnikov (russian: Владимир Валерьевич Сальников; born 21 May 1960) is a Russian former freestyle swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union and set 12 world records in the 400, 800 and 1,500 meter ...

(15:00.40) and West German

Stefan Pfeiffer Stefan Pfeiffer (born 15 November 1965 in Hamburg) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he won the bronze medal in the 1500 m freestyle event. Four years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Se ...

(15:02.69). He also won a silver medal as a member of the second-place East German team in silver men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay (7:13.60).

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1967 births Living people People from Ebersbach-Neugersdorf German male swimmers Olympic swimmers of East Germany Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming German male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming National People's Army military athletes European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Olympic gold medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Saxony {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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