Thomas Schönlebe
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Born | 6 August 1965 Frauenstein, Germany | (age 58)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Schönlebe (born 6 August 1965) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. He won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. In that race, he set a European record of 44.33 seconds which still stands as of 2017.
A year earlier, Schönlebe had finished second at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart behind Roger Black. One of his last achievements was the third place at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart with the German 4 × 400 m relay.
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing East Germany | |||||
1983 | European Junior Championships | Schwechat, Austria | 1st | 400 m | 45.64 |
1st | 4x400 m | 3:04.95 | |||
1985 | World Indoor Games | Paris, France | 1st | 400 m | 45.60 |
World Cup | Canberra, Australia | 2nd | 400 m | 44.72 | |
2nd | 4x400 m | 3:00.82 | |||
1986 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 1st | 400 m | 46.98 |
European Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 2nd | 400 m | 44.63 | |
6th | 4x400 m | 3:04.87 | |||
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 1st | 400 m | 44.33 |
heats | 4x400 m | DNF | |||
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th (sf) | 400 m | 46.86 |
Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 9th (sf) | 400 m | 44.90 | |
4th | 4x400 m | 3:01.13 | |||
1989 | World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 5th | 4x400 m | 3:02.73 |
1990 | European Championships | Solit, Yugoslavia | 2nd | 400 m | 45.13 |
3rd | 4x400 m | 3:01.51 | |||
Representing Germany | |||||
1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 4x400 m | 3:03.05 |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 15th (qf) | 400 m | 45.46 |
heats | 4x400 m | DNF | |||
1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 3rd | 4x400 m | 2:59.99 |
(#) Indicates overall position in quartefinal (qf) or semifinal (sf) round |
Note: Schönlebe qualified for the 1988 European Indoor final but withdrew.
See also
References
Categories:
- 1965 births
- Living people
- People from Frauenstein, Saxony
- German male sprinters
- East German male sprinters
- Olympic athletes of East Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Germany
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for East Germany
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists