- Thomas Schröder
Thomas Schröder (born
23 August 1962 inWaren ) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and200 metres .He won the 100 m at the 1979 European Junior Championships, and at the following European Junior Championships in 1981 he won gold medals in both 100 m, 200 m and
4 x 100 metres relay .He competed at the 1982 European Championships and the 1983 World Championships, without reaching the finals, although the 1983 World Championships relay team (
Andreas Knebel , Thomas Schröder,Jens Hubler ,Frank Emmelmann ) finished fourth in the final. At the 1986 European Championships he finished fourth in both the 100 metres and the 200 metres, while in the4 x 100 metres relay he won a silver medal with teammatesSteffen Bringmann ,Olaf Prenzler and Frank Emmelmann.Schröder represented the sports team
SC Neubrandenburg and became East German 100 m champion in 1983, 1984 and 1986 and 200 m champion in 1986. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/150.html East German championships - men's sprints] ]His personal best time over 100 m was 10.10 seconds, achieved in June 1986 in
Jena . This ranks him second among German 100 m sprinters, only behind Frank Emmelmann who ran in 10.06 seconds. [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ]References
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