Axel Noack (athlete)
Axel Noack (born September 23, 1961 in Görlitz ) is a former German athlete and Olympic participant who was successful in walking in the 1980s and 1990s . Until 1990 he started for the GDR .
Life
On June 21, 1987 in Chemnitz he set a world record in 20 km walking with 1: 19: 12.0 hours.
At the European Indoor Championships in 1990, he won the bronze medal in the 5000 m walking.
He was GDR champion five times: in 1984 in 50 km walking in 4:00:41 h, 1987 in 10,000 m walking in 39: 29.72 minutes and 20 km walking in 1:21:34 h, 1990 in the 20,000 m track walk in 1: 22: 26.10 h and at the GDR indoor championships in the 5000 m track walk in 18: 08.11 min.
With a height of 1.82 m, he had a competition weight of 74 kg.
Noack works as a youth athletic trainer at the Olympic base of the German Basketball Federation.
Assignments at international highlights in detail
5000 m walking by the train
- 1990, European Indoor Championships: 3rd place (19: 08.36 min)
20 km walk
- 1986, European Championships : disqualified
- 1987, World Championships : disqualified
- 1988, Olympic Games : 8th place (1:21:14 h)
- 1990, European Championships : abandoned
- 1991, World Championships : 11th place (1:21:35 h)
- 1992, Olympic Games : 20th place (1:29:55 h)
50 km walk
- 1993 World Championships : 4th place (3:43:50 h)
- 1994, European Championships : 10th place (3:50:32 h)
- 1995, World Championships : 13th place (3:55:51 h)
- 1996, Olympic Games : 12th place (3:51:55 h)
- 1997, World Championships : 16th place (3:59:29 h)
- 1998, European Championships : disqualified
Axel Noack started first for TSC Berlin , later for OSC Berlin . He had a competition weight of 70 kg with a height of 1.82 m.
Web links
- Axel Noack in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noack, Axel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German walker and trainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Görlitz , German Democratic Republic |