Dirk Richter (born 12 September 1964) is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics. He did so in 1988 with the East German team, alongside Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg, and Steffen Zesner.

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Dirk Richter

Richter in 1990
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Born	12 September 1964 (1964-09-12) (age 59) Cottbus, East Germany
Medal record Men's swimming Olympic Games Representing  East Germany 1988 Seoul 4×100 m freestyle Friendship Games 1984 Moscow 100 m backstroke 1984 Moscow 200 metre backstroke 1984 Moscow 4×200 m freestyle relay 1984 Moscow 4×100 m medley 1984 Moscow 4×100 m freestyle relay Representing  Germany 1992 Barcelona 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) Representing  East Germany 1982 Guayaquil 100 m backstroke 1986 Madrid 4x200 m freestyle 1986 Madrid 100 m backstroke 1986 Madrid 4×100 m freestyle Representing  Germany 1991 Perth 4×100 m freestyle 1991 Perth 4×100 m medley European Championships (LC) Representing  East Germany 1983 Rome 100 m backstroke 1987 Strasbourg 4×100 m freestyle 1983 Rome 4×200 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 100 m backstroke 1985 Sofia 4×100 m freestyle 1985 Sofia 4×100 m medley 1981 Split 4×100 m medley 1983 Rome 4×100 m freestyle 1983 Rome 4×100 m medley 1987 Strasbourg 100 m freestyle 1989 Bonn 100 m backstroke Representing  Germany 1991 Athens 100 m backstroke 1991 Athens 200 m backstroke 1991 Athens 4×100 m freestyle

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Four years later, when Barcelona, Spain hosted the Games, Richter represented Germany and ended up third alongside Mark Pinger, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner.

• Dirk Richter at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 February 2007)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dirk Richter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 6 January 2009.

• Media related to Dirk Richter at Wikimedia Commons

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