Dirk Richter (born 12 September 1964) is a former swimmer from East Germany, who won the bronze medal in the 4×100 freestyle medley twice during the Summer Olympics. He did so in 1988 with the East German team, alongside Thomas Flemming, Lars Hinneburg, and Steffen Zesner. Four years later, when Barcelona, Spain hosted the Games, Richter represented Germany and ended up third alongside Mark Pinger, Christian Tröger, and Steffen Zesner. References External links 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Cottbus People from Bezirk Cottbus German male swimmers Male backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers of East Germany Olympic swimmers of Germany Swimmers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists in swimming German male freestyle swimmers World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics