Sebastian Halgasch is a backstroke

Backstroke

The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only...

 swimmer from Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, who won the bronze medal in the 50m Backstroke at the European SC Championships 1999

European SC Championships 1999

The third edition of the European Short Course Championships was held in Complexo Desportivo do Jamor in Lisboa, Portugal, from 9 to 11 December 1999.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-References:*...

 in Lisbon, Portugal. A couple of months later, at the 2000 FINA Short Course World Championships

2000 FINA Short Course World Championships

The 5th FINA World Swimming Championships were held at the Olympic Aquatic Centre in Athens, Greece from 16–19 March 2000. The meet resulted in 15 world records: 2 established in the heats, 4 in the semi-finals, and 9 in the finals....

 in Athens, Greece, he captured the silver medal in the 4x100 Medley Relay, alongside Björn Nowakowski, Thomas Rupprath

Thomas Rupprath

Thomas Rupprath is an Olympic swimmer from Germany, who is nicknamed "The New Albatross". A specialist in the backstroke and butterfly, especially in short course, he held the world record for the 50 m backstroke with a time of 23.27 seconds set on 31 November 2002. This was broken by Robert...

, and Stefan Herbst

Stefan Herbst

Stefan Herbst is a 2-time Olympics swimmer from Germany. He swam for Germany at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics. He is the brother of fellow Olympic swimmer Sabine Herbst....

. In 2001 he won the FINA Swimming World Cup

FINA Swimming World Cup

The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming...

in the 50m Backstroke and 100m Individual Medley.