Steffen Zesner

Personal information

Full name

Steffen Zesner

Nationality

East Germany

Born

28 September 1967 (age 44)
Herzberg (Elster), Brandenburg

Height

1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)

Weight

80 kilograms (180 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Stroke(s)

Freestyle

Club

SC Dynamo Berlin
Sportclub Berlin

Medal record

Men’s swimming
Competitor for East Germany
Bronze	Seoul 1988	4×100 m freestyle
Silver	Seoul 1988	4×200 m freestyle
Competitor for Germany
Bronze	Barcelona 1992	4×100 m freestyle
Bronze	Atlanta 1996	4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Gold	1991 Perth	4×200 m freestyle
Silver	1991 Perth	200 m freestyle
Silver	1991 Perth	4×100 m freestyle
Bronze	1986 Madrid	4×100 m freestyle
Bronze	1994 Rome	1500 m freestyle
Bronze	1994 Rome	4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver	1995 Rio de Janeiro	4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Competitor for East Germany
Gold	1987 Strasbourg	4×100 m freestyle
Silver	1987 Strasbourg	4×200 m freestyle
Bronze	1989 Bonn	4×200 m freestyle
Competitor for Germany
Gold	1995 Vienna	400 m freestyle
Gold	1995 Vienna	4×200 m freestyle
Silver	1991 Athens	4×100 m freestyle
Silver	1993 Sheffield	4×200 m freestyle
Silver	1997 Seville	4×100 m freestyle
Bronze	1991 Athens	4×200 m freestyle
Bronze	1993 Sheffield	4×100 m freestyle
Bronze	1995 Vienna	1500 m freestyle
Bronze	1997 Seville	4×200 m freestyle

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.

References

World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1973: United States (Krumpholz, Backhaus, Klatt, Montgomery)
1975: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Geissler, Nocke)
1978: United States (Furniss, Forrester, Hackett, Gaines)
1982: United States (Saeger, Float, Miller, Gaines)
1986: East Germany (Hinneburg, Flemming, Richter, Lodziewski)
1991: West Germany (Sitt, Zesner, Pfeiffer, Groß)
1994: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz)
1998: Australia (Klim, Thorpe, Hackett, Kowalski)
2001: Australia (Hackett, Kirby, Klim, Thorpe)
2003: Australia (Hackett, Stevens, Sprenger, Thorpe)
2005: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)
2007: United States (Phelps, Lochte, Keller, Vanderkaay)
2009: United States (Phelps, Berens, Walters, Lochte)
2011: United States (Phelps, Vanderkaay, Berens, Lochte)

European Champions in Men's 400 m Freestyle

1926: Arne Borg (SWE)
1927: Arne Borg (SWE)
1931: István Bárány (HUN)
1934: Jean Taris (FRA)
1938: Björn Borg (SWE)
1947: Alexandre Jany (FRA)
1950: Alexandre Jany (FRA)
1954: György Csordás (HUN)
1958: Ian Black (GBR)
1962: Jan Bontekoe (NED)
1966: Frank Wiegand (GDR)
1970: Gunnar Larsson (SWE)
1974: Aleksandr Samsonov (URS)
1977: Sergey Rusin (URS)
1981: Borut Petrič (YUG)
1983: Vladimir Salnikov (URS)
1985: Uwe Daßler (GDR)
1987: Uwe Daßler (GDR)
1989: Artur Wojdat (POL)
1991: Yevgeny Sadovyi (URS)
1993: Antti Kasvio (FIN)
1995: Steffen Zesner (GER)
1997: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
1999: Paul Palmer (GBR)
2000: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
2002: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
2004: Emiliano Brembilla (ITA)
2006: Yury Prilukov (RUS)
2008: Yury Prilukov (RUS)
2010: Yannick Agnel (FRA)

European Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1962: France (Gottvallès, Curtillet, Christophe, Gropaiz)
1966: East Germany (Wiegand, Poser, Gregor, Sommer)
1970: Soviet Union (Bure, Mazanov, Kulikov, Ilyichev)
1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Schiller, Meier, Nocke)
1977: West Germany (Steinbach, Schmidt, Könnecker, Nocke)
1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Salnikov, Chayev, Kopliakov)
1983: Soviet Union (Smiriagin, Krasyuk, Tkacenko, Markovskiy)
1985: West Germany (Schowtka, Fahrner, Korthals, Groß)
1987: East Germany (Richter, Flemming, Zesner, Lodziewski)
1989: West Germany (Sitt, Schadt, Zikarsky, Zikarsky)
1991: Soviet Union (Khnykin, Prigoda, Tayanovich, Popov)
1993: Russia (Predkin, Pyshnenko, Sadovyi, Popov)
1995: Russia (Predkin, Shegolov, Yegorov, Popov)
1997: Russia (Popov, Yegorov, Pimankov, Pyshnenko)
1999: Netherlands (Kenkhuis, Veens, Wouda, Van den Hoogenband)
2000: Russia (Pimankov, Chernychev, Kapralov, Popov)
2002: Germany (Conrad, Herbst, Spanneberg, Kunzelmann)
2004: Italy (Vismara, Galenda, Vassanelli, Magnini)
2006: Italy (Calvi, Galenda, Vismara, Magnini)
2008: Sweden (Piehl, Nystrand, Stymne, Persson)
2010: Russia (Lagunov, Grechin, Lobintsev, Izotov)

European Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1926: Germany (Heitmann, Rademacher, Berger, Heinrich)
1927: Germany (Heitmann, Rademacher, Berger, Heinrich)
1931: Hungary (Wanié, Szabados, Székely, Bárány)
1934: Hungary (Gróf, Marothy, Csik, Lengyel)
1938: Germany (Birr, Heimlich, Freese, Plath)
1947: Sweden (Olsson, Lundén, Östrand, Johansson)
1950: Sweden (Sjunnerholm, Östrand, Johansson, Larsson)
1954: Hungary (Till, Dömötör, Kádas, Nyéki)
1958: Soviet Union (Nikolayev, Struchanov, Luchkovski, Nikitin)
1962: Sweden (Rosendahl, Lindberg, Svensson, Bengtsson)
1966: Soviet Union (Ilyichev, Belits-Geiman, Pletnev, Novikov)
1970: West Germany (Lampe, Von Schilling, Meeuw, Fassnacht)
1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Meeuw, Nocke)
1977: Soviet Union (Raskatov, Rusin, Kopliakov, Krylov)
1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Salnikov, Chaev, Kopliakov)
1983: West Germany (Fahrner, Schowtka, Schmidt, Groß)
1985: West Germany (Schowtka, Groß, Schadt, Fahrner)
1987: West Germany (Sitt, Henkel, Fahrner, Groß)
1989: Italy (Trevisan, Gleria, Lamberti, Battistelli)
1991: Soviet Union (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Tayanovich, Sadovyi)
1993: Russia (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Mukin, Sadovyi)
1995: Germany (Keller, Lampe, Spanneberg, Zesner)
1997: Great Britain (Palmer, Clayton, Meadows, Salter)
1999: Germany (Keller, Pohl, Conrad, Kiedel)
2000: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cercato, Brembilla)
2002: Italy (Pelliciari, Brembilla, Cappellazzo, Rosolino)
2004: Italy (Brembilla, Pelliciari, Rosolino, Magnini)
2006: Italy (Rosolino, Berbotto, Cassio, Magnini)
2008: Italy (Brembilla, Rosolino, Cassio, Magnini)
2010: Russia (Lobintsev, Izotov, Perunin, Sukhorukov)

Persondata
Name	Zesner, Steffen
Alternative names
Short description	German swimmer
Date of birth	28 September 1967
Place of birth	Herzberg (Elster), Brandenburg
Date of death
Place of death