Uwe Dassler

Uwe Daßler (born 11 February 1967), commonly spelled Uwe Dassler in English, is a former middle- and long-distance swimmer from Germany, who represented East Germany (GDR) in international competition.

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Dassler won three medals.

He won a gold medal and set a new world record of 3:46.95 in the men's 400-metre freestyle.

He then won a bronze for his third-place finish in the men's 1,500-metre freestyle (15:06.15), behind Soviet Vladimir Salnikov (15:00.40) and West German Stefan Pfeiffer (15:02.69).

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