Christian Hein Explained

Christian Hein
Fullname:Christian Hein
Strokes:Freestyle, Open water
Club:SVW 05 Würzburg
Coach:Nikolai Evseev
Birth Date:6 September 1982
Birth Place:Würzburg, Bayern,
West Germany
Height:1.830NaN0
Weight:780NaN0
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Christian Hein (born 6 September 1982) is a German former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events and open water marathon.[1] 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.[2] [3] Hein is a member of SVW 05 Würzburg, and is coached and trained by Nikolai Evseev.[4]

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Christian Hein. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223017/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/christian-hein-1.html. dead. 17 April 2020. 26 March 2013.
  2. News: Valli, Kochkarov Strike First Gold in Barcelona, Win 5K Open Water. Swimming World Magazine. 13 July 2003. 27 March 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411214548/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/5587.asp. 11 April 2013.
  3. News: Viola Valli Wins Her Second Gold in Barcelona, Takes 10K; Diattchine Wins Men's Race. Swimming World Magazine. 16 July 2003. 27 March 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411213331/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/5612.asp. 11 April 2013.
  4. News: Lackner. Stefan. Getting to Know: Germany's Christian Hein. Swimming World Magazine. 14 October 2008. 27 March 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411215106/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/19187.asp. 11 April 2013.
  5. News: Steven, Stockbauer Shine on Day Three of German Trials. Swimming World Magazine. 6 June 2004. 24 March 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20130411220058/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7350.asp. 11 April 2013.
  6. Web site: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 6). PDF. Athens 2004. Omega Timing. 24 March 2013.
  7. Web site: Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 6. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 14 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  8. Web site: Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 5. Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 20 August 2004. 31 January 2013.
  9. News: LEN European Championships Through Day Two . . 28 July 2006 . 27 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131017084040/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/11687.asp . 17 October 2013 .
  10. News: Schwimm-EM: Lurz Europameister – Bronze für Hein. European Swimming Championships: Lurz is the European champion, bronze for Hein. German. https://archive.today/20130412084500/http://www.mopo.de/news/schwimmen-schwimm-em--lurz-europameister---bronze-fuer-hein,5066732,5676726.html. dead. 12 April 2013. Hamburger Morgenpost. 26 July 2006. 27 March 2013.

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