Walter Kusch

Walter Kusch

Personal information
Born	(1954-05-31) 31 May 1954 Hildesheim, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Medal record Men's swimming Representing West Germany Olympic Games Bronze medal – third place 1976 Montreal 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) Gold medal – first place 1978 West Berlin 100 m breaststroke Silver medal – second place 1975 Cali 4×100 m medley Silver medal – second place 1978 West Berlin 4×100 m medley Bronze medal – third place 1978 West Berlin 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) Gold medal – first place 1974 Vienna 4×100 m medley Silver medal – second place 1974 Vienna 100 m breaststroke Bronze medal – third place 1970 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke Bronze medal – third place 1977 Jönköping 100 m breaststroke Bronze medal – third place 1977 Jönköping 200 m breaststroke

Walter Kusch (born 31 May 1954 in Hildesheim) is a German former swimmer who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Kusch was the subject of Young Europe (Junges Europa), a sculpture by German artist Arno Breker which depicted the head of a hawk atop the body of a man, modeled on Kusch.