Frank Pfütze

Frank Pfütze

Frank Pfütze in 1977
Personal information
Born	(1959-01-15)15 January 1959 Rostock, Germany
Died	20 January 1991(1991-01-20) (aged 32) Berlin, Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	SC Dynamo Berlin
Medal record Men's swimming Representing East Germany Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 4×200 m freestyle World Championships 1975 Cali 400 m freestyle European Championships 1974 Vienna 1500 m freestyle 1977 Jönköping 4×200 m freestyle 1977 Jönköping 400 m freestyle

Frank Pfütze (15 January 1959 – 20 January 1991) was a German freestyle swimmer who competed at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics in five events. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay in 1980 and finished fifth in the same event in 1976. In individual events he was eliminated in the preliminaries

He also won four medals at the 1975 World Aquatics Championships and LEN European Aquatics Championships of 1974 and 1977, including one gold in the 1500 m freestyle (1974), setting a new European record. He broke another European record in 1976, in the 400 m freestyle.

Pfütze died of a sudden heart failure at age 32, leaving a wife and a son. Whereas the cause of his death remained uncertain, it was tentatively related to the East German doping program that Pfütze was involved in.