Hans Dersch

Personal information

Full name

Hans F. Dersch

Nationality

United States

Born

December 25, 1967 (age 44)
Alexandria, Virginia

Height

1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)

Sport

Swimming

Stroke(s)

Breaststroke

College team

University of Texas

Medal record

Men’s swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold	1992 Barcelona	4x100 m medley
Pan American Games
Gold	1991 Havana	100 m breaststroke
Gold	1991 Havana	4x100 m medley

Hans F. Dersch (born December 25, 1967 in Alexandria, Virginia) is a former international breaststroke swimmer from the United States, who participated for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.

There he won the gold medal in the men's 4x100 m medley relay, after having swum in the preliminary heats for the United States. Dersch is a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American Games (1991).

References

1992 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	Mike Barrowman • David Berkoff • Matt Biondi • Greg Burgess • Hans Dersch • Nelson Diebel • Lawrence Frostad • Doug Gjertsen • Joe Hudepohl • Scott Jaffe • Tom Jager • Shaun Jordan • Dan Jorgensen • Ron Karnaugh • Sean Killion • Pablo Morales • Eric Namesnik • Jon Olsen • Jeff Rouse • Roque Santos • Tripp Schwenk • Royce Sharp • Melvin Stewart • Joel Thomas • Dave Wharton

Women's Team	Crissy Ahmann-Leighton • Janet Evans • Nicole Haislett • Erika Hansen • Jill Johnson • Megan Kleine • Lea Loveless • Angel Martino • Anita Nall • Summer Sanders • Ashley Tappin • Jenny Thompson • Dara Torres • Janie Wagstaff • Angie Wester-Krieg

Coaches	Mike Hastings • Richard Quick • Eddie Reese • Mark Schubert • Richard Shoulberg • Nort Thornton • Jon Urbanchek

Pan American Champions in Men's 100 m Breaststroke

1967: José Fiolo (BRA) 1971: Mark Chatfield (USA) 1975: Rick Colella (USA) 1979 – 1983: Steve Lundquist (USA) 1987: Richard Korhammer (USA) 1991: Hans Dersch (USA) 1995: Seth Van Neerden (USA) 1999: Ed Moses (USA) 2003: Mark Gangloff (USA) 2007: Scott Dickens (CAN) 2011: Felipe França Silva (BRA)

Pan American Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1951: United States (Stack, Stassforth, Cleveland)
1955: United States (McKinney, Maguire, Baarcke, Scholes)
1959: United States (McKinney, Munsch, Troy, Farrell)
1963: United States (McGeagh, Craig, Richardson, Kirby)
1967: United States (Russell, Webb, Spitz, Walsh)
1971: United States (Murphy, Job, Heidenreich, Heckl)
1975: United States (Rocca, Colella, Curington, Babashoff)
1979: United States (Jackson, Lundquist, Placak, McCagg)
1983: United States (Carey, Lundquist, Gribble, Gaines)
1987: United States (Gill, Korhammer, King, Dudley)
1991: United States (Gill, Dersch, Merrell, Thomas)
1995: United States (Rouse, Van Neerden, Henderson, Olsen)
1999: Brazil (Massura, Tomazini, Scherer, Borges)
2003: United States (Marshall, Gangloff, Michaelson, Brunelli)
2007: United States (Bal, Gangloff, Berens, Grant)
2011: Brazil (Guido, França, Mangabeira, Cielo)

Persondata
Name	Dersch, Hans
Alternative names
Short description	Swimmer
Date of birth	December 25, 1967
Place of birth	Alexandria, Virginia
Date of death
Place of death