Klaus Bodinger Explained

Klaus Bodinger
Birth Date:14 May 1932
Birth Place:Breslau, Germany
Death Date:6 April 1994 (aged 61)
Death Place:Strasbourg, Germany
Sport:Swimming
Club:Stahl Nord Leipzig (1952), Motor Gohlis Nord (1953)
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Klaus Bodinger (14 May 1932 – 6 April 1994) was a German swimmer who specialized in the 200 m breaststroke. In this discipline he won two national titles in 1952–1953 and a gold medal at the 1954 European Aquatics Championships competing for East Germany. He then moved to West Germany, where he won three national titles in 1955, 1957 and 1958. He also won a bronze medal at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships competing for West Germany.