# Willi Messner

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{{short description|East German swimmer}}
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|name=
|image=Bundesarchiv Bild 183-82001-0001, Willi Meßner.jpg
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|caption=Willi Messner in 1961
|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=y|1940|3|14}}
|birth_place=[Gelsenkirchen](/source/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
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| show-medals    = yes
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'''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](/source/1964_Summer_Olympics), but failed to reach the final.<ref name=r1/>

==References==
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<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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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
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