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Walter Bathe

1892 - 1959

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Walter Bathe (1 December 1892 – 18 September 1959) was a German breaststroke swimmer. He won gold medals in the 200 m and 400 m breaststroke at the 1912 Summer Olympics, setting Olympic records that lasted until 1924. In 1970 he was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Bathe took swimming at age 8 to improve poor health and, at 19, won two Olympic medals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Bathe is the 578th most popular athlete (down from 565th in 2019), the 884th most popular biography from Poland (up from 967th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Polish Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Walter Bathe ranks 578 out of 6,025. Before him are Nelson Prudêncio, Jaan Kikkas, Rodolfo Terlizzi, Ivo Trumbić, Frank Wykoff, and André Bonin. After him are István Somodi, Teresa Ciepły, Karel Mejta Sr, Gheorghe Berceanu, Paavo Johansson, and Marc Wright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Walter Bathe ranks 203. Before him are Julius Hirsch, Antonio María Barbieri, Jason Robards Sr., Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, and Jaan Kikkas. After him are Bessie Coleman, Tsuru Aoki, Gaetano Belloni, Pierre Frieden, Ferde Grofé, and Cuno Hoffmeister. Among people deceased in 1959, Walter Bathe ranks 140. Before him are Giuseppe Bottai, Roald Larsen, Alexander Rueb, Esfir Shub, Jean Grémillon, and Friedrich Waismann. After him are Max Gerson, Abdul Muis, Pierre Frieden, Sténio Vincent, G. D. H. Cole, and Benjamin Christensen.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Walter Bathe ranks 884 out of 1,694. Before him are Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1750), Jan A. P. Kaczmarek (1953), Hans Baluschek (1870), Marlene Schmidt (1937), Chava Alberstein (1946), and Joanna Pacuła (1957). After him are Kazimierz Sosnkowski (1885), Józef Chełmoński (1849), Teresa Ciepły (1937), Israel Gutman (1923), Ignacy Potocki (1750), and Henryk Sławik (1894).

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Among ATHLETES In Poland

Among athletes born in Poland, Walter Bathe ranks 11. Before him are Ewa Kłobukowska (1946), Janusz Kusociński (1907), Ursula Happe (1926), Józef Szmidt (1935), Elżbieta Krzesińska (1934), and Gerhard Stöck (1911). After him are Teresa Ciepły (1937), Stanisław Kowalski (1910), Kazimierz Barburski (1942), Zbigniew Pietrzykowski (1934), Waldemar Baszanowski (1935), and Halina Górecka (1938).

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