Competitive sports
17 podium finishes for RUB swimmers at the DHM
Last weekend, the German University Swimming Championships took place in Schwäbisch Gmünd. The Bochum team won 6 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 4 bronze medals.
The RUB team travelled to the German University Championships in Baden-Württemberg with a total of 27 swimmers. After no DHM in swimming took place in the last 3 years, the Bochum team was incredibly successful this year with a total of 17 podium finishes. Numerous top placements were collected in both the individual and relay competitions.
The individual performances of Charlotte Wendel, Michelle Pschuk and Niklas Mondroch deserve special mention. Wendel won gold in the 50m butterfly, silver in the 200m medley and silver in the 50m freestyle. Pschuk won gold in the 100m breaststroke and silver in the 50m breaststroke, as did Mondroch with silver in the 200m butterfly and silver in the 400m medley. Furthermore, there were numerous other podium and top-8 placements in the individual competitions.
In the relay competitions, too, the RUB was mostly in the lead. Particularly noteworthy are the victories in the 6x50m backstroke mixed, 6x50m breaststroke mixed, 6x50m butterfly mixed and in the "supreme discipline" 8x50m medley mixed.
All podium finishers are listed below:
Gold:
- 50m butterfly women: Charlotte Wendel
- 100m Breaststroke women: Michelle Pschuk
- 6x50m breaststroke mixed: Björn Kroniger, Marius Schimnatowski, Niklas Mondroch, Michelle Pschuk, Nikola Schubert, Lina Knillmann
- 6x50m backstroke mixed: Niels Wolkenhauer, Lasse Dumke, Niklas Ehlert, Charlotte Wendel, Maren Scarlett, Malena Knoch
- 6x50m butterfly mixed: Marius Schimnatowski, Niklas Mondroch, Carl Niemeyer, Malena Knoch, Michelle Pschuk, Charlotte Wendel
- 8x50m medley: Marius Schimnatowski, Lasse Dumke, Lina Knillmann, Nikola Schubert, Michelle Pschuk, Charlotte Wendel, Björn Kroniger, Max Müller
Silver:
- 100m butterfly men: Marius Schimnatowksi
- 200m medley women: Charlotte Wendel
- 200m butterfly men: Niklas Mondroch
- 50m breaststroke women: Michelle Pschuk
- 400m medley men: Niklas Mondroch
- 200m backstroke men: Lasse Dumke
- 50m freestyle women: Charlotte Wendel
Bronze:
- 50m breaststroke women: Lina Knillmann
- 200m breaststroke women: Nikola Schubert
- 4x100m medley women: Maren Scarlett, Svenja Melenk, Malena Knoch, Charlotte Wendel
- 4x100m freestyle men: Björn Kroniger, Lasse Dumke, Niklas Mondroch, Marius Schimnatowski
