Dieter Fromm
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Born | 21 April 1948 (1948-04-21) (age 76) Bad Langensalza, Germany |
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | 800 m |
Club | SC Turbine Erfurt |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 1:45.4 (1972)[1] |
Dieter Fromm (born 21 April 1948) is a retired East German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He held the indoor 800 m world record for over ten years.[2][3][4]
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 Olympic sprinter Uta Rohländer.[5]
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
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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
- ^ Dieter Fromm. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ "FROM BETTERS 800 INDOOR MARK; East German Does 1:46.6 at European Track Meet". The New York Times. 9 March 1969. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Olympic Games 1896–2004 Men's 800m Results". sporting-heroes. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ "Erfurter Sportler – Dieter Fromm". Erfurt.de (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2010.
- ^ Dieter Fromm Archived 3 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's 800 metres
- 1934: Miklós Szabó (HUN)
- 1938: Rudolf Harbig (GER)
- 1946: Rune Gustafsson (SWE)
- 1950: John Parlett (GBR)
- 1954: Lajos Szentgáli (HUN)
- 1958: Mike Rawson (GBR)
- 1962: Manfred Matuschewski (GDR)
- 1966: Manfred Matuschewski (GDR)
- 1969: Dieter Fromm (GDR)
- 1971: Yevhen 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)
- 2012: Yuriy Borzakovskiy (RUS)
- 2014: Adam Kszczot (POL)
- 2016: Adam Kszczot (POL)
- 2018: Adam Kszczot (POL)
- 2022: Mariano García (ESP)
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