Steffen Zesner

Steffen Zesner (born 28 September 1967) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam for SC Dynamo Berlin and its successor SC Berlin.

Steffen Zesner
Personal information
Full nameSteffen Zesner
Nationality East Germany (until 1990)
 Germany
Born (1967-09-28) 28 September 1967
Herzberg (Elster), Brandenburg, East Germany
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSC Dynamo Berlin
SC Berlin
Medal record
Men’s swimming
Olympic Games
Representing  East Germany
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 4×100 m freestyle
Representing  Germany
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 1991 Perth 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1991 Perth 200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1991 Perth 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Rome 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Rome 4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 1995 Rio de Janeiro 4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Representing  East Germany
Gold medal – first place 1987 Strasbourg 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1987 Strasbourg 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Bonn 4×200 m freestyle
Representing  Germany
Gold medal – first place 1995 Vienna 400 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1995 Vienna 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1991 Athens 4×100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1993 Sheffield 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1997 Seville 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Athens 4×200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sheffield 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Vienna 1500 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Seville 4×200 m freestyle

References
  • Steffen Zesner at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived October 7, 2006)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Steffen Zesner". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.


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