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May 05, 1980 Pinneberg, Schleswig Holstein, Germany 44 years old
Olympic swimmer
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About Heiko Hell
- Heiko Hell (born May 5, 1980) is a German former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.
- He is a nine-time German swimming champion in the 400, 800, and 1500 m freestyle (2000–2004), and also a three-time Olympic finalist.
- Hell is a member of Hamburg City Swimming Club (German: Startgemeinschaft Schwimmen Hamburg), and is coached and trained by Dirk Lange.Hell made his official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with a three-event program.
- On the first day of the Games, Hell missed a spot for the top 8 final of the 400 m freestyle, finishing in ninth place with a time of 3:50.80.
- He also competed for the sixth-place German team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay.
- Teaming with Michael Kiedel, Christian Keller, and Stefan Herbst, Hell swam the lead-off leg and recorded a time of 1:50.48.
- In his last event, 1500 m freestyle, Hell finished outside the medals in eighth place by more than 10 seconds behind Ukraine's Igor Chervynskiy in 15:19.87.At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Hell shortened his program, swimming only in the 400 m freestyle.
- He finished first ahead of his teammate Christian Hein from the Olympic trials, in a FINA A-standard of 3:51.48.
- On the first morning of the Games, Hell placed eighteenth in the preliminaries.
- Swimming in heat four, he raced to fifth place by a 4.55-second margin behind winner and defending Olympic silver medalist Massimiliano Rosolino of Italy, outside his entry time of 3:52.06.
- He also teamed up with Jens Schreiber, Lars Conrad, and Christian Keller in the 4×200 m freestyle relay.
- Swimming the second leg, Hell recorded a split of 1:49.15, but the Germans pulled off again with a sixth-place effort, in a final time of 7:16.51.
