title: Roland Matthes
text: Roland Matthes (17 November 1950 – 20 December 2019) was a German swimmer. He won four European championships and three world championships. He won Olympic gold medals at the 1968 and 1972 and at the World Aquatics Championships in 1973 and 1975.
  
  Matthes died on 20 December 2019 of a heart attack, aged 69.
  
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  1950 births
  2019 deaths
  Deaths from myocardial infarction
  German swimmers
  German Olympic gold medalists
  German Olympic silver medalists
  German Olympic bronze medalists