| Rank | Event | Year | Location | Result |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 2 | 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 3:33.62 |
| Semifinal | 200m Backstroke | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 1:56.85 |
| Semifinal | 100m Butterfly | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 52.99 |
| Heats | 100m Backstroke | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | 54.88 |
| Heats | 200m Butterfly | 2004 | Athens, GRE | 1:58.96 |
| World Championships | ||||
| 2 | 100m Backstroke | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 52.54 |
| 2 | 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 3:28.58 |
| 3 | 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 3:32.60 |
| 3 | 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay | 2003 | Barcelona, ESP | 7:14.02 |
| 6 | 50m Backstroke | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 24.63 |
| 7 | 100m Backstroke | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 53.28 |
| Semifinal | 50m Backstroke | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | 25.20 |
| Heats | 100m Butterfly | 2009 | Rome, ITA | 51.97 |
| European Championships | ||||
| 2 | 100m Backstroke | 2012 | Debrecen, HUN | 54.06 |
| 2 | 4 x 100m Medley Relay | 2012 | Debrecen, HUN | 3:34.41 |
Hobbies
Beach volleyball. (helge-meeuw.de, 07 Jul 2011)
Occupation
Student
Education
Medicine - J.W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, GER
Family
Partner Antje Buschschulte and daughter Nike Carlotta [2010]
Language(s) spoken
German
Club name
SC Magdeburg, Magdeburg, GER
Coach
Bernd Henneberg (GER) from 2009 (fr-online.de, 03 Jun 2011; fr-online.de, 19 May 2009)
Position and style
Butterfly (NOC 2004)
Other sports
His parents Jutta and Folkert both competed at the Olympic Games. His mother [nee Weber] won a bronze medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany. His father also swam at the 1972 Games competing in the 200m butterfly and 4x200m freestyle relay events. "He has got my wife's elegant swimming style, and I gave him a merciless strength for the final spurt," his father said. (NOC, 2004; sport.ard.de, 31 Jul 2006)
Additional information
Start of sporting career
He started swimming at the age of five in Namibia. He began training professionally at the age of 15. (Berliner Morgenpost, 29 Jul 2006; helge-meeuw.de, 07 Jul 2011)
Reason for taking up this sport
His father encouraged him to start and was his first coach. (Berliner Morgenpost, 29 Jul 2006)
Ambitions
To win a medal at the Olympic Games in London in 2012. After that he wants to devote all his time to his studies and his family. (sgmh-web.de, 11 Jun 2011)
Hero
Alexander Popov. (helge-meeuw.de, 07 Jul 2011)
Awards
The German Swimming Federation named him Swimmer of the Year for 2006. (hr-online.de, 24 Jan 2007)
In 2006 he became the first swimmer to win five titles [50m, 100m, 200m backstroke and 100m, 200m butterfly] at a single German National Championships. (hr-online.de, 25 Jun 2006)
Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband [General German University Sports Federation] named him the Athlete of the Year for 2009. (adh.de, 24 Nov 2009)
General
TAKING A BREAK
In 2010 swimming took a backseat to his medicine studies and taking care of his new daughter. But he always planned to come back and compete internationally and did so in 2011. (faz.net, 04 Jun 2011)
SHARED THE TITLE
He and army roommate Marco di Carli shared gold at the 2005 German National Championships after swimming a dead-heat in the 100m backstroke final. (schwimmwoche.de, 23 May 2005)
EARLY DAYS
He spent the early years of his childhood in Windhoek, Namibia. (helge-meeuw.de, 19 Apr 2006)
Previous Olympics
Beijing 2008, Athens 2004
