Jochen Balke

Joachim "Jochen" Balke (September 12, 1917 – MIA January 19, 1944) was a German breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

He was born in Dortmund and died in Veliky Novgorod.

In 1936 he finished sixth in the 200 metre breaststroke event.^[1]

References

↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 5 May 2012.

European Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke

1926: Erich Rademacher (GER)
1927: Erich Rademacher (GER)
1931: Toivo Reingoldt (FIN)
1934: Erwin Sietas (GER)
1938: Jochen Balke (GER)
1947: Roy Romain (GBR)
1950: Herbert Klein (FRG)
1954: Klaus Bodinger (GDR)
1958: Leonid Kolesnikov (URS)
1962: Georgy Prokopenko (URS)
1966: Georgy Prokopenko (URS)
1970: Klaus Katzur (GDR)
1974: David Wilkie (GBR)
1977: Gerald Mörken (FRG)
1981: Robertas Žulpa (URS)
1983: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)
1985: Dmitry Volkov (URS)
1987: József Szabó (HUN)
1989: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
1991: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
1993: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
1995: Andrey Korneyev (RUS)
1997: Aleksandr Gukov (BLR)
1999: Stéphan Perrot (FRA)
2000: Dmitry Komornikov (RUS)
2002: Davide Rummolo (ITA)
2004: Paolo Bossini (ITA)
2006: Sławomir Kuczko (POL)
2008: Grigory Falko (RUS)
2010: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
2012: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
2014: Marco Koch (GER)

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