Nils Schumann

Medal record
Men's Athletics
Competitor for  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold	2000 Sydney	800 m
IAAF World Cup
Gold	1998 Johannesburg	800 m
European Championships
Gold	1998 Budapest	800 m
Bronze	2002 Munich	800 m
European Indoor Championships
Gold	1998 Valencia	800 m
Silver	2000 Ghent	800 m

Nils Schumann (born 20 May 1978 in Bad Frankenhausen, Thuringia) is a former German athlete, winner of the 800 m at the 2000 Summer Olympics, who retired in 2009. [1] For most of the five years before his retirement he had featured sparingly at an international level due to injuries.

Schumann, born in Bad Frankenhausen, unexpectedly won a gold medal over 800 m at the European Indoor Championships 1998. At the European Championships in Budapest in the same year, he won the title in a close finish. A few weeks later he also won the 800 m race at the World Cup in Johannesburg.

He also made the final of the 1999 World Championships, but placed 8th and last. He had a quiet 2000 season, until the Olympics started in Sydney. Schumann cruised through the preliminaries, easily qualifying for the final. In the final, Schumann set in his final sprint at the last straight, taking the lead with just 50 m to go. Favourite Wilson Kipketer of Denmark gained in the closing meters, but was unable to prevent a surprise victory by the German runner. In the following year, Schumann finished in fifth place at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton.

Schumann, who also won a bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships, was unable to defend his Olympic title at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, suffering from injury throughout the 2004 season.

External links

• IAAF profile for Nils Schumann

Awards
Preceded by Martin Schmitt	German Sportsman of the Year 2000	Succeeded by Erik Zabel

Persondata
Name	Schumann, Nils
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Date of birth	20 May 1978
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