Fritz GUNST

Itze Gunst was one of the most successful German water polo players between the two World Wars. At the European Championships he won silver medals in 1931, 1934 and 1938, adding a bronze medal in 1926. He also played for German Champion teams from 1927-36 and 1938. Gunst lost one leg in World War II and later became landlord of the “Stübchen” pub in Hannover after the war. In 1988 he was invited by the German NOC to the Seoul Olympics as the oldest living German Olympic Champion and in 1990 Gunst was inducted into the International Hall of Fame of Swimming.