Mark Warnecke

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Medal record
Men's Swimming
Competitor for Flag of Germany Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze 1996 Atlanta 100m Breaststroke
World Championships
Gold 2005 Montreal[1] 50m Breaststroke
World Championsips (SC)
Gold 1995 Rio de Janeiro 100m Breaststroke
Gold 2000 Athens[2] 50m Breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold 1999 Istanbul 50m Breaststroke
Gold 2000 Helsinki 50m Breaststroke
Silver 1999 Istanbul 100m Breaststroke
Silver 1999 Istanbul 4x100m Medley
Bronze 1995 Vienna 4x100m Medley

Mark Warnecke (born February 15, 1970 in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia). is a breaststroke swimmer from Germany who, at age 35, won the world title in the 50m Breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada. That made him the oldest swimming world champion since 1971.He started for the German swimming club SG Essen.


He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, where he was a member of the 4x100 m medley relay team, that finished in fourth position. Eight years later he won the bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

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  1. ^ Montreal 2005 Results. Retrieved on 2007-06-09.
  2. ^ 5th FINA World Swimming Championships. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.


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