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Joachim "Jochen" Balke (September 12, 1917 – MIA January 19, 1944) was a German breaststroke swimmer who won a gold medal at the 1938 London European Championship and competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Joachim Balke

Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1903-03-26)26 March 1903 Dortmund, Germany
Died	19 January 1944(1944-01-19) (aged 26) Vitebsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Sport
Sport	Swimming

He was born in Dortmund and died during World War II.[1]

In 1936 he finished sixth in the 200 metre breaststroke event.[2] In 1938 he finished first at the European Championship in London in the 200 m breaststroke event.

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