- Frank Emmelmann
Frank Emmelmann (born
15 September ,1961 inSchneidlingen ) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and200 metres .In 1981 he was 2nd in the European cup final in the 100 metres, to the 1980 Moscow Olympic 100 metre Champion Allan Wells. But he went on to win the European cup 200 metres afterwards. He finished 3rd in the 100/200 in the "IAAF World cup" in Rome also that year.
At the 1982 European Championships he won the 100 metres and finished third in the 200 metres. In the
4 x 100 metres relay he won a silver medal with teammatesThomas Munkelt ,Detlef Kübeck andOlaf Prenzler . At the 1986 European Championships he made the 200 metre final in stuttgurt where he finished 8th, but won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammatesThomas Schröder ,Steffen Bringmann and Olaf Prenzler.In 1983 he won the European cup final 100 metres in London, then went on to finish an excellent 5th in the 200 metre final at the "IAAF World Championships" in Helsinki.
He represented the sports team
SC Magdeburg and became East German 100 m champion in 1981, 1982 and 1985 and 200 m champion in 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/150.html East German championships - men's sprints] ]His personal 100 m best time of 10.06 seconds, achieved in June 1986 in
Berlin , is still the German record. His personal 200 m best time of 20.23 seconds, achieved in August 1985 inMoscow , was the German record until July 2005, whenTobias Unger ran in 20.20. [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ]He married
Kirsten Emmelmann , née Siemon.References
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