Mark Pinger

Mark Pinger ( born June 26, 1970 in Kenzingen ) is a former German swimmer who won two bronze medals at the Olympic Games.

The floating of the SV Nikar Heidelberg Mark Pinger occupied at the German Swimming Championship 1992 on 50 meters freestyle in second place behind Nils Rudolph. About 100 meters freestyle he missed the A-final, but was the winner of the B final in 50.03 seconds faster than all competitors of the A - final. At the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, he won the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay in the occupation Christian Tröger, Dirk Richter, Steffen Zesner and Mark Pinger the bronze medal behind the seasons from the United States and the Commonwealth of Independent States the former Soviet Union. About 50 meters freestyle Pinger reached the B final and finished twelfth place overall. The 4-by- 100-meter medley relay in the cast Tino Weber, Mark Warnecke, Christian Keller and Mark Pinger took fourth place just behind the Canadians. In the Sprint European Championships in 1992 Pinger Silver swam about 50 meters freestyle and the freestyle relay.

1993 Mark Pinger won at the German Swimming Championships 50 -meter freestyle his only German championship title on the 50 - meter track; about 100 meters, he finished second behind Chriatian Tröger. 1995 won Pinger after 1992 for the second time at the German Short Course Championship 50 -meter freestyle. 1996 pingers could qualify as the third in the German Championship in the 100 meters for the Olympic Games in Atlanta. There the German squadron with Christian Tröger, Bengt Zikarsky, Björn Zikarsky and Mark Pinger again won bronze behind the seasons from the United States and Russia.