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Place of Birth: Hamburg, Germany
About Peter Bermel
- Peter Bermel (born 25 June 1967) is a retired German swimmer who won a bronze medal at the 1985 European Aquatics Championships.
- He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished fifth and eights in the 200 m and 400 m medley events, respectively.Bermel started swimming in a club at age 4-5 and by 13 was a member of the national junior team.
- In 1983 he won the European Youth Championships in medley and backstroke events.
- In 1991, after qualifying for the World Cup in Australia he retired from competitive swimming.
- By 2000, he returned to the pool to compete in the masters category.
- This was a difficult task as he started smoking and gained weight up to 112 kg, but he quickly shed 20 kg by training.He is a married to Monika and has a son, Thore (b.
- 1998), and a daughter, Lena-Sophie (b.
- 1996).
- Both children are competitive swimmers, and Lena-Sophie already won a silver medal at the European Junior Swimming Championships in Antwerp (2012).
- They live in Elmshorn.
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