Christian Hein

Christian Hein (born 6 September 1982) is a German former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events and open water marathon.[2] He won two silver medals in both 5 and 10 km open water swimming at the 2003 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain, with a time of 53.13.9 and 1:51.06.5, respectively.[3][4] Hein is a member of SVW 05 Würzburg, and is coached and trained by Nikolai Evseev.[1]

Christian Hein
Personal information
Full nameChristian Hein
National team Germany
Born (1982-09-06) 6 September 1982
Würzburg, Bayern,
West Germany
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Open water
ClubSVW 05 Würzburg[1]
CoachNikolai Evseev[1]
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2003 Barcelona5 km open water
Silver medal – second place2003 Barcelona10 km open water
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2006 Budapest5 km open water
Bronze medal – third place2006 Budapest10 km open water

Hein qualified for the men's 400 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by finishing second behind his teammate Heiko Hell from the Olympic trials, in an A-standard entry time of 3:51.53.[5][6] Hein missed out a spot for the eight-man final, as he placed tenth out of 47 swimmers in the morning's preliminary heats, lowering his entry time to 3:49.66.[7] In the 1500 m freestyle, Hein finished twelfth overall on the morning's preliminaries by exactly one second ahead of Japan's Takeshi Matsuda with a time of 15:15.42.[8]

At the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Hein swept the two spots for Germany, as he placed second behind Thomas Lurz by a single second margin in the men's 5 km open water race, clocking at 56:01.1. He also picked up a bronze medal in the 10 km race, but finished behind Maarten van der Weijden of the Netherlands by approximately three seconds, in a time of 1:58:16.6.[9][10]

References
  1. Lackner, Stefan (14 October 2008). "Getting to Know: Germany's Christian Hein". Swimming World Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Hein". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  3. "Valli, Kochkarov Strike First Gold in Barcelona, Win 5K Open Water". Swimming World Magazine. 13 July 2003. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  4. "Viola Valli Wins Her Second Gold in Barcelona, Takes 10K; Diattchine Wins Men's Race". Swimming World Magazine. 16 July 2003. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  5. "Steven, Stockbauer Shine on Day Three of German Trials". Swimming World Magazine. 6 June 2004. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  6. "Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 6)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  7. "Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 6". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. "Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 5". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  9. "LEN European Championships Through Day Two". Swimming World Magazine. 28 July 2006. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.
  10. "Schwimm-EM: Lurz Europameister – Bronze für Hein" [European Swimming Championships: Lurz is the European champion, bronze for Hein] (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. 26 July 2006. Archived from the original on 12 April 2013. Retrieved 27 March 2013.


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