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German swimmer

Walter Kusch

Personal information

Born

(1954-05-31) 31 May 1954 (age 70)
Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, West Germany

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Breaststroke

Medal record

Men's swimming

Representing West Germany
Olympic Games
	1976 Montreal	4×100 m medley
World Championships (LC)
	1978 West Berlin	100 m breaststroke
	1975 Cali	4×100 m medley
	1978 West Berlin	4×100 m medley
	1978 West Berlin	200 m breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
	1974 Vienna	4×100 m medley
	1974 Vienna	100 m breaststroke
	1970 Barcelona	200 m breaststroke
	1977 Jönköping	100 m breaststroke
	1977 Jönköping	200 m breaststroke

Walter Kusch (born 31 May 1954 in Hildesheim) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Kusch was the subject of Young Europe (Junges Europa), a sculpture by German artist Arno Breker which depicted the head of a hawk atop the body of a man, modeled on Kusch.

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Walter Kusch". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
""JUNGES EUROPA" BY ARNO BREKER".

v t e World long-course champions in men's 100 m breaststroke
1973: John Hencken (USA) 1975: David Wilkie (GBR) 1978: Walter Kusch (FRG) 1982: Steve Lundquist (USA) 1986: Victor Davis (CAN) 1991: Norbert Rózsa (HUN) 1994: Norbert Rózsa (HUN) 1998: Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL) 2001: Roman Sludnov (RUS) 2003: Kosuke Kitajima (JPN) 2005: Brendan Hansen (USA) 2007: Brendan Hansen (USA) 2009: Brenton Rickard (AUS) 2011: Alexander Dale Oen (NOR) 2013: Christian Sprenger (AUS) 2015: Adam Peaty (GBR) 2017: Adam Peaty (GBR) 2019: Adam Peaty (GBR) 2022: Nicolò Martinenghi (ITA) 2023: Qin Haiyang (CHN) 2024: Nic Fink (USA)

World long-course champions in men's 100 m breaststroke

v t e European champions in men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
1958: Soviet Union (Barbier, Minashkin, Chenenkov, Polevoy) 1962: East Germany (Dietze, Henninger, Gregor, Wiegand) 1966: Soviet Union (Mazanov, Prokopenko, Kuzmin, Ilyichov) 1970: East Germany (Matthes, Katzur, Poser, Unger) 1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Kusch, Meeuw, Nocke) 1977: West Germany (Steinbach, Mörken, Kraus, Nocke) 1981: Soviet Union (Kuznetsov, Kis, Markovsky, Krasyuk) 1983: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Žulpa, Markovsky, Smiryagin) 1985: West Germany (Lebherz, Beab, Gross, Schowtka) 1987: Soviet Union (Polyansky, Volkov, Petrov, Prigoda) 1989: Soviet Union (Zabolotnov, Volkov, Yaroshchuk, Bashkatov) 1991: Soviet Union (Selkov, Volkov, Kulikov, Popov) 1993: Russia (Selkov, Kirinchuk, Pankratov, Popov) 1995: Russia (Selkov, Korneyev, Pankratov, Popov) 1997: Russia (Selkov, Korneyev, Kulikov, Popov) 1999: Netherlands (Zwering, Wouda, Aartsen, Van den Hoogenband) 2000: Russia (Aminov, Komornikov, Chernyshov, Popov) 2002: Russia (Alechin, Sloudnov, Marchenko, Popov) 2004: Ukraine (Nikolaychuk, Lisohor, Serdinov, Yegoshin) 2006: Russia (Vyatchanin, Sloudnov, Skvortsov, Kapralov) 2008: Russia (Vyatchanin, Falko, Korotyshkin, Grechin) 2010: France (Lacourt, Duboscq, Bousquet, Gilot) 2012: Italy (Di Tora, Scozzoli, Rivolta, Magnini) 2014: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn, Peaty, Barrett, Proud) 2016: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn, Peaty, Guy, Scott) 2018: Great Britain (Pyle, Peaty, Guy, Scott) 2020: Great Britain (Greenbank, Peaty, Guy, Scott) 2022: Italy (Ceccon, Martinenghi, Rivolta, Miressi) 2024: Austria (Reitshammer, Bayer, Bucher, Gigler)

European champions in men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

1958: Soviet Union (Barbier, Minashkin, Chenenkov, Polevoy)
1962: East Germany (Dietze, Henninger, Gregor, Wiegand)
1966: Soviet Union (Mazanov, Prokopenko, Kuzmin, Ilyichov)
1970: East Germany (Matthes, Katzur, Poser, Unger)
1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Kusch, Meeuw, Nocke)
1977: West Germany (Steinbach, Mörken, Kraus, Nocke)
1981: Soviet Union (Kuznetsov, Kis, Markovsky, Krasyuk)
1983: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Žulpa, Markovsky, Smiryagin)
1985: West Germany (Lebherz, Beab, Gross, Schowtka)
1987: Soviet Union (Polyansky, Volkov, Petrov, Prigoda)
1989: Soviet Union (Zabolotnov, Volkov, Yaroshchuk, Bashkatov)
1991: Soviet Union (Selkov, Volkov, Kulikov, Popov)
1993: Russia (Selkov, Kirinchuk, Pankratov, Popov)
1995: Russia (Selkov, Korneyev, Pankratov, Popov)
1997: Russia (Selkov, Korneyev, Kulikov, Popov)
1999: Netherlands (Zwering, Wouda, Aartsen, Van den Hoogenband)
2000: Russia (Aminov, Komornikov, Chernyshov, Popov)
2002: Russia (Alechin, Sloudnov, Marchenko, Popov)
2004: Ukraine (Nikolaychuk, Lisohor, Serdinov, Yegoshin)
2006: Russia (Vyatchanin, Sloudnov, Skvortsov, Kapralov)
2008: Russia (Vyatchanin, Falko, Korotyshkin, Grechin)
2010: France (Lacourt, Duboscq, Bousquet, Gilot)
2012: Italy (Di Tora, Scozzoli, Rivolta, Magnini)
2014: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn, Peaty, Barrett, Proud)
2016: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn, Peaty, Guy, Scott)
2018: Great Britain (Pyle, Peaty, Guy, Scott)
2020: Great Britain (Greenbank, Peaty, Guy, Scott)
2022: Italy (Ceccon, Martinenghi, Rivolta, Miressi)
2024: Austria (Reitshammer, Bayer, Bucher, Gigler)

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