{"id":7174,"date":"2022-01-04T15:17:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T19:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ishof.flywheelstaging.com\/honoree\/honoree-fritz-gunst\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T08:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T12:27:16","slug":"honoree-fritz-gunst","status":"publish","type":"honoree","link":"https:\/\/ishof.org\/honoree\/honoree-fritz-gunst\/","title":{"rendered":"Fritz Gunst"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FOR THE RECORD: OLYMPIC GAMES: 1928 gold; 1932&nbsp; silver; 1936 silver; Team Captain (1928, 1932, 1936); GERMAN CHAMPIONSHIPS: Team Captain (1927, 1936, 1937, 1938); International player for Germany in 122 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fritz Gunst captained the greatest German water polo team to three Olympics (1928, 1932, 1936).&nbsp; They won the Olympic gold medal in Paris in 1928 and came back to win silver medals in Los Angeles in 1932 and Berlin in 1936.&nbsp; In both years they lost close games in the finals.&nbsp; 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