- Dieter Fromm
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Dieter Fromm (born 21 April 1948 in Bad Langensalza, Thuringia) is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He held the indoor men's 800m world record for over ten years.[1][2][3]
His career ended abruptly in 1976 when, in a race ahead of the 1976 Summer Olympics, for which Fromm was qualified, another runner tread on and damaged his achilles tendon.
He competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during his active career. His son Alexander married the sprinter Uta Rohländer.
Achievements
Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1966 European Junior Championships Odessa, Soviet Union 2nd 1968 Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 6th 1969 European Indoor Games Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1st 1:46.6 CR European Championships Athens, Greece 1st 1971 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd 1972 Olympic Games Munich, West Germany 8th 1974 European Championships Rome, Italy 7th References
- ^ "FROM BETTERS 800 INDOOR MARK; East German Does 1:46.6 at European Track Meet". New York Times. 9 March 1969. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70D13FF3B5D137A93CBA91788D85F4D8685F9. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Olympic Games 1896-2004 Men's 800m Results". sporting-heroes. http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/olympics_trackandfield/800_m.asp. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Erfurter Sportler - Dieter Fromm" (in German). Erfurt.de. http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&u=http://www.erfurt.de/ef/de/erleben/sport/sportler/21813.shtml&ei=J2a9S_DrC5D20wSmu93-Bg&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CA8Q7gEwAg&prev=/search%3Fq%3DDieter%2BFromm%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26hs%3D1ek%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
European Champions in Men's 800 m 1934: Miklós Szabó (HUN) • 1938: Rudolf Harbig (GER) • 1946: Rune Gustafsson (SWE) • 1950: John Parlett (GBR) • 1954: Lajos Szentgáli (HUN) • 1958: Michael Rawson (GBR) • 1962: Manfred Matuschewski (GDR) • 1966: Manfred Matuschewski (GDR) • 1969: Dieter Fromm (GDR) • 1971: Yevgeniy Arzhanov (URS) • 1974: Luciano Sušanj (YUG) • 1978: Olaf Beyer (GDR) • 1982: Hans-Peter Ferner (FRG) • 1986: Sebastian Coe (GBR) • 1990: Tom McKean (GBR) • 1994: Andrea Benvenuti (ITA) • 1998: Nils Schumann (GER) • 2002: Wilson Kipketer (DEN) • 2006: Bram Som (NED) • 2010: Marcin Lewandowski (POL)
Categories:- 1948 births
- Living people
- People from Bad Langensalza
- German middle distance runners
- East German athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of East Germany
- German athletics biography stubs
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