- Patriz Ilg
Patriz Ilg (born
December 5 ,1957 inAalen-Oberalfingen ) is a retired 3000 m steeplechaser fromWest Germany .He won a silver medal at the 1978 European Championships and gold medals at the 1982 European Championships in Athens and the 1983 World Championships in
Helsinki . At the European Indoor Championships he competed in the3000 metres and won the gold medal in 1982 [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1982/m82_06.html 1982 European Indoor Championships, men's 3000 m] ] and finished sixth in 1984. [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1984/m84_12.html 1984 European Indoor Championships, men's 3000 m] ]At the 1986 European Championships Ilg came close to defending his title. However, he was overtaken on the final straight by
Francesco Panetta (silver) and countryfellowHagen Melzer (gold). In 1987 Ilg participated in the World Championships final in Rome but missed out on a medal.His time of 8:15.06 minutes from the 1983 World Championships in
Helsinki remained his career best time. This result places him eighth on the German all-time performers list, behindDamian Kallabis ,Hagen Melzer ,Frank Baumgartl ,Rainer Schwarz ,Uwe Pflügner ,Michael Karst andSteffen Brand . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ]He won eighth German national titles, in 1978, the years 1980-1982 and the years 1985-1988. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/81.html German championships, men's 3000 m steeplechase] ] He competed for the sports clubs TG Hofen and
LAC Quelle Fürth during his active career.References
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