Erich Rademacher

Fritz Albert Erich Rademacher, known as Ete, was a German breaststroke swimmer and water polo goalkeeper born in Magdeburg on 9 June 1901, who died in Stuttgart on 2 April 1979. He swam for Hellas Magdeburg, won seven German titles in the 100 metre breaststroke between 1919 and 1927, was European champion in the 200 metre breaststroke in 1926 and 1927, and by 1925 held every world breaststroke record from 100 to 500 metres. At the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam he won silver in the 200 metre breaststroke behind Yoshiyuki Tsuruta and gold as goalkeeper of the German water polo team, and at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles he won silver with that team. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1972.