Hans-Joachim Klein (swimmer)

Hans-Joachim Klein

Hans-Joachim Klein at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	20 August 1942 (1942-08-20) (age 81) Darmstadt, Germany
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	DSW 1912, Darmstadt
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle 1964 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m medley 1964 Tokyo 100 m freestyle Representing West Germany Summer Universiade 1963 Porto Alegre 100 m freestyle 1963 Porto Alegre 400 m freestyle 1965 Budapest 100 m freestyle

Hans-Joachim Klein (German pronunciation: [ˈhans joˈʔaxɪm ˈklaɪn] ^ⓘ; born 20 August 1942) is a retired West German freestyle swimmer. He competed in various freestyle sprint events at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and won three silver and one bronze medals in 1964. In 1965 he was elected as German Sportspersonality of the Year.

In 1962–1963 Klein studied industrial engineering at the University of Southern California. He later defended a PhD in Germany and went into politics and administration. In 1969–1985 he worked at the Hessian Economic and Traffic Ministry, between 1985 and 1997 was a Darmstadt District Administrator, and from 1997 until his retirement in 2008 was the manager of the Supply and Transport Company of Leipzig. In addition, in 2001–2007 he acted as president of the German Olympic Society.

See also

• World record progression 200 metres freestyle