{{short description|East German swimmer}} {{Infobox swimmer |name= |image=Bundesarchiv Bild 183-82001-0001, Willi Meßner.jpg | image_size = 260px |caption=Willi Messner in 1961 |birth_date={{birth date and age|df=y|1940|3|14}} |birth_place=Gelsenkirchen, Germany |death_date= |death_place= | height = {{convert|1.75|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|abbr=on}} |sport=Swimming |club=SC Dynamo Berlin |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }}
'''Willi Messner''' (born 14 March 1940) is a retired East German swimmer. In 1964, he won a national title in the 200 m breaststroke<ref name=r2/> and was selected for the 1964 Summer Olympics, but failed to reach the final.<ref name=r1/>
==References== <references>
<ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417220808/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/willi-messner-1.html Willi Messner]. the-sports.org</ref> <ref name=r2>[http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/s/schwimmen/hst/130.html Schwimmen – DDR – Meisterschaften Herren – Teil 2]. sport-komplett.de</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Messner, Willi}} Category:1940 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Gelsenkirchen Category:German male breaststroke swimmers Category:Olympic swimmers for the United Team of Germany Category:Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Category:20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-swimming-bio-stub}}