Kersten Meier
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Born | Celle, West Germany | February 23, 1954||||||||||||||||||||
Died | April 3, 2001 Dusseldorf, Germany | (aged 47)||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kersten Meier (23 February 1954 in Celle – 3 April 2001)[1] was a German swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.[2] He died in 2001 in Düsseldorf.[1][3] The cause of death was suicide.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Tragische Todesfälle: Schwimmsport trauert um Meier und Simon" (in German). Rheinische Post. 2001-04-06. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kersten Meier". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Kersten Meier". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
Categories:
- 1954 births
- 2001 suicides
- 2001 deaths
- People from Celle
- German male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for West Germany
- West German male swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Suicides by jumping in Germany
- Sportspeople from Lower Saxony
- 20th-century German sportsmen
- 21st-century German people
- German swimming biography stubs