Lothar Thoms
East German racing cyclist (1956-2017) · Germany · On the map · Athletes · Died at 61
Lothar Thoms was a track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial by marking a new indoor world record.
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His time of 1'02"955 was more than 2 sec better than the previous record of the same year held by Urs Freuler. He also won four gold medals in the 1 km time trial (amateurs) at the 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981 world championships respectively, thus winning all kilo events at the major international competitions in five consecutive years. In 1981 he was elected East German Sportspersonality of the year.
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Karin Büttner-JanzBoth received East German Sportspersonality of the Year
Helmut RecknagelBoth received East German Sportspersonality of the Year
Gabriele SeyfertBoth received East German Sportspersonality of the Year
Torsten VossBoth received East German Sportspersonality of the Year
Margitta GummelBoth received East German Sportspersonality of the Year
Andreas WeckerBoth received East German Sportspersonality of the Year