Alexander Schowtka
Schowtka Alexander ( born September 18, 1963 in Valencia, Venezuela ) is a former German swimmer who in 1984 won an Olympic silver medal.
Career
Schowtka grew up in Ecuador and won for Ecuador at the South American Junior Championship 1981 on 200 meters freestyle. 1982 moved Schowtka for computer science degree to Hamburg and joined the swimming community of Hamburg. In 1983 he was allowed to start for the Federal Republic of Germany. At the European Championships 1983 in Rome Schowtka missed the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay in fourth barely a medal. The 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay on August 23, improved the world record to 7:20,40 minutes and won in the occupation Thomas Fahrner, Alexander Schowtka, Andreas Schmidt and Michael Gross in front of the squadron from the GDR.
1984 Schowtka won the 100 meters freestyle his first national title. At the Olympic Games in 1984, the 4-by- 200-meter freestyle relay was the first of the four competitions on the program at which Schowtka participated. In the run, the U.S. squadron had undercut the world record of the German relay from the previous year. In the final, the swimmer from the United States from the start led away, the German squadron with Thomas Fahrner, Dirk Korthals, Alexander Schowtka and Michael Gross came through the final float large indeed to four hundredths of a second to the American approach and improved in 7:15, 73 minutes their European record by over four seconds, but only got the silver medal. After Schowtka was excreted in the 100m freestyle in the lead, he finished with the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay in fourth place, just behind the Swedish squadron. In the 4 x 100 -meter medley relay Schowtka swam only in the flow, the season ranked in the finals also the fourth.
1985 Schowtka won again at the German Championships in the 100 meters freestyle. At the European Championships in Sofia Schowtka swam in both freestyle relays. About 4 x 100 meters won Schowtka Alexander, Thomas Fahrner, Dirk Korthals, Michael Gross in front of the scales from the GDR and from Sweden. Alexander Schowtka, Michael Gross, André Schadt and Thomas Fahrner won about 4-by- 200 - feet from the Swedes.
1986 Alexander Schowtka won at the World Championships in Madrid, his last major medal. The West German 4 x 200-meter freestyle relay with Rainer Henkel, Michael Gross, Alexander Schowtka and Thomas Fahrner won in 7:15,96 minutes silver. Although the four swimmers had left this time the U.S. squadron behind him, but five hundredths of a second of the season ranged from the GDR to the world title.