Dieter Fromm

Dieter Fromm (born April 21, 1948 in Langensalza ) is a German athlete and Olympic participant who - starting for the GDR - was one of the world's best 800-meter runners in the 1960s and 1970s . In 1969 he was European champion, in 1971 European championship runner-up. His brother is the disabled athlete Holger Fromm .

Dieter Fromm's talent for running was discovered in 1964: As a 16-year-old turner apprentice, he surprisingly came third in a cross-country run with 300 participants. He was then delegated to SC Turbine Erfurt. His first international success came at the Junior European Championships in Odessa , where he was third in the 800 meter run. In 1967 he ran a European youth record (1: 48.0 min), in 1968 he qualified for the Olympic Games in Mexico City with 1: 46.1 min .

Starts at international highlights

• 1966, European Junior Championships: 800 m, 3rd place (1: 51.9 min)
• 1968, Olympic Games : 800 m, 6th place (1: 46.2 min); 4 x 400 meter relay : Eliminated in the run-up
• 1969, European Championships : 800 m, 1st place (1: 45.9 min)
• 1971, European Championships : 800 m, 2nd place (1: 46.0 min)
• 1972, Olympic Games : 800 m, 8th place (1: 48.0 min)
• 1973, European Cup final: 800 m, 3rd place (1: 46.71 min)
• 1974, European Championships : 800 m, 7th place (1: 46.3 min)
• 1975, European Cup final: 800 m, 2nd place (1: 47.36 min)

Dieter Fromm was GDR champion in the 800-meter run in 1968, 1971, 1972 and 1975 and in 1968 GDR champion in the 1500-meter run .

In 1976 he qualified for the 1500 meter run of the Olympic Games (3: 39.9 min). Another runner kicked his Achilles tendon in a competition 14 days before the start of the Olympic Games. Dieter Fromm then ended his career. Fromm started for the SC Turbine Erfurt and trained with Horst Wessel. In his active time he was 1.78 m tall and 65 kg.

After the end of his sports career, he became a youth coach in Erfurt . Later he was a disability pensioner. From the 1990s he and Dieter Hermann looked after the runners of the Creaton Großengottern sports club , which included the 800-meter Olympic champion in 2000 , Nils Schumann . He then worked as a junior coach at the Thüringengas running club. His son Alexander married the sprinter Uta Rohländer (relay world champion 1997).

Web links

• Dieter Fromm in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )