Johannes Neumann
John Neumann ( born November 5, 1985 in Leipzig) is a German swimmer.
Career
He swims for the SC Riesa about his special disciplines 50 m, 100 m and 200 m breaststroke.
In the Junior European Championships 2003 in Glasgow John Neumann won out over the 200m breaststroke with a new German record in the open class. With the 4x100m medley relay, he reached the 2nd place. The following year he was at the German Championships in 2004, which also meant the Olympic qualification for Athens, runner over 200m breaststroke. However, not enough time for the Olympic ticket.
He was German champion in 2005 about 200 m breaststroke and German Champion 2006 over 100 m and 200 m breaststroke. At the German Winter Championships in 2006 he took over both routes also the title. At the German Championships in 2007, he had over 50 m breaststroke Mark Warnecke and over 100m breaststroke Andreas Lösel beaten over 200m breaststroke he was not at the start. However, between 2003 and 2007, he was over the 200 m breast - route the German record.
The Short Course European Championships in Helsinki in 2006 he won the 4x50 m medley relay gold medal in a world record time of 1:34,06 minutes. He also took part in the European Swimming Championships in 2006 in Budapest, the World Swimming Championships in 2007 in Melbourne, the European Swimming Championships 2008 in Eindhoven and the Short Course European Championships in 2008 in Rijeka in part, but could not pass the chest distances ( 50 m, 100 m and 200 m) qualify for the finals.
When qualifying for the Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, he secured at the German Championships 2008 in Berlin the title over 50 m and 100 m breaststroke. However, he failed on the 100 m by 20 /100 second just short of Olympic standard. As a result of food poisoning, he was unable to take the 200 m breaststroke.
In December 2008, John Neumann was swimming in a competition in Magdeburg new German record in the 100 m breaststroke in 1:00,45 minutes. At the same time, he missed the held by Mark Warnecke record in the 50m breast with 27.49 seconds by only 5 /100 second and finished in the annual global leaderboard 2008 3rd place