Hans-Joachim Geisler

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Hans-Joachim Geisler
Personal information
Born (1955-05-27) 27 May 1955
Goslar, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Club VfL Wolfsburg, SSF Bonn 1905

Hans-Joachim "HaJo" Geisler (born 27 May 1955) is a retired German swimmer who won a gold and a bronze medal at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships.[1][2] He also competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. In 1972 his team finished fourth in the 4×200 m freestyle relay, 0.15 seconds short of a bronze medal.[3] Between 1973 and 1978 he won eight national titles, including six in the 400 m individual medley event.[4]

He received his bachelor's degree in Wolfsburg in 1974, and then between 1978 and 1984 studied at the RWTH Aachen University. Between 1987 and 1996 he worked at the Architekturbüro Karl-Heinz Schommer in Bonn and in 1997 founded his own architecture company in Niederkassel.[5]

References

  1. Hans-Joachim GEISLER. les-sports.info
  2. Jean-Louis Meuret (2007), HistoFINA Volume IV – Tome IV. MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS. Special FINA WORLD SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (50 m.) Before Rome 2009.
  3. HaJo Geisler. sports-reference.com
  4. Schwimmen – Deutsche Meisterschaften (Herren-Teil 1), Schwimmen – Deutsche Meisterschaften (Herren-Teil 3). sport-komplett.de
  5. hans-joachim geisler. hajogeisler.de

On the 16th of December 2012 he announced that he had adopted the Scottish born, five aside football champion of the world James Robinson.

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