Sascha Klein

Sascha Klein ( born September 12, 1985 in Eschweiler ) is a German diver. It starts with the international 10-meter platform diving in both single and together with Patrick House thing in synchronized competitions.

Life

Sascha Klein began the water jump at the age of eight years in Aachen and coached until 2011 when SV Neptun Aachen. In 2011 he moved with his coach Boris Rozenberg to Riesa and trained since the Sports Club Riesa. He is a sports soldier in the Bundeswehr sports promotion group in the Saxon town of Frankenberg. By Klein's victory at the FINA Grand Prix in Rostock 2008 Sascha Klein led to 23 August 2008 as world number by 10 m tower.

At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he was with his partner house thing behind the Chinese Lin Yue and Huo Liang, but from the Russians Gleb Galperin and Dmitry Dobroskok, winning the silver medal in synchronized diving from the 10 m tower. In synchronized diving 3 m from the board he was sixth with Pavlo Rozenberg.

His first international medal at senior level gained Klein at the European Championships 2006 in Budapest, where he reached the 10 m synchro competition with his former partner Heiko Meyer silver. At the same event he won each with Patrick House thing the title at the 2008 European Championships in Eindhoven, 2009 in Turin, 2010 in Budapest in 2011 and again in Turin. In single from the 10 m tower he was at the 2008 European Championships runner-up, 2010 and 2011 respectively, he could win the title. At the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, the duo Small / house thing could also win silver in 10 -meter synchronized diving her first World Cup medal. In diving Klein also celebrated his greatest success in a single competition. He won behind Qiu Bo and David Boudia bronze.

Other successes

  • 20 tracks at German Championships
  • World Junior champions in synchronized diving from the 3 m board 2002
  • Twelfth at the World Swimming Championships in 2005 in Montreal in synchronized diving from the tower
  • Second place in the Diving World Cup 2006 in Changshu
  • Bronze medal at the World Military Championships in Hyderabad 2007 of 1- m- board
  • Fourth at the World Military Championships in Hyderabad in 2007 from the tower
  • Winner of the Diving World Cup 2008 in Beijing
  • Fourth at the World Swimming Championships in 2005 in Melbourne synchronized diving from the tower, seventh in the individual
  • European champion in 2010 in the team competition with Christin Steuer
  • Fourth place at the 2011 European Championship in the team competition with Nora Subschinski
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