Mark Pinger

Mark Pinger (born 26 June 1970) is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of two bronze medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics.

Mark Pinger
Personal information
Born (1970-06-26) 26 June 1970
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona4x100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta4x100 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 1992 Espoo 50 m freestyle

Pinger first did so in 1992 alongside Christian Tröger, Dirk Richter, and Steffen Zesner. Four years later, when Atlanta, Georgia hosted the Summer Olympics, he and Tröger finished third alongside brothers Bengt Zikarsky and Björn Zikarsky.

Pinger was born in Kenzingen, Baden-Württemberg. He now lives in Oregon and is the General Manager for Arena North America. He swims on a regular basis with a Masters program at Stafford Hills Club which has an outdoor short course salt water pool located in Tualatin, OR.

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