Mark Warnecke
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Mark Warnecke (born February 15, 1970 in Bochum, North-Rhine Westphalia). is a breaststroke swimmer from Germany who, at age 35, won the world title in the 50m Breaststroke at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal, Canada. That made him the oldest swimming world champion since 1971.
He competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, where he was a member of the 4x100m Medley Relay Team, that finished in fourth position. Eight years later he won the bronze medal in the 100m Breaststroke, at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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