Erwin Skamrahl

Erwin Skamrahl (born March 8, 1958 in Oberg ) is a former German athlete and Olympian who was a successful 400-meter runner in the 1980s . With the 4 x 400 meter relay , he became European champion in 1982 and won silver in the world championship in 1983. By profession he was a police officer with the Lower Saxony police and served with the Lower Saxony state riot police in Hanover. He later worked in security at Volkswagen AG . Best performances: 200 meters: 20.44 s and 400 meters: 44.50 s (both 1983).

Results

• 1980: Skamrahl was nominated for the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but could not compete because of the Olympic boycott
• 1982: European Championships :
  • 1st place with the 4 x 400 meter relay (3: 00.51 min, together with Harald Schmid , Thomas Giessing and Hartmut Weber ; Erwin Skamrahl as starting runner)
  • 3rd place with the 4 x 100 meter relay (38.71 s, together with Christian Zirkelbach , Christian Haas and Peter Klein ; Erwin Skamrahl as final runner)
  • 4th place in the 200-meter run (20.60 s)
• 1983: World Championships :
  • 2nd place with the 4 x 400 meter relay (3: 01.83 min, together with Jörg Vaihinger , Harald Schmid and Hartmut Weber; Erwin Skamrahl as starting runner)
  • 4th place in the 400 meter run (45.37 s)
• 1984: Olympic Games :
  • 5th place with the 4 x 400 meter relay (3: 04.69 min)
  • eliminated in the 400-meter run
• 1986: European Championships :
  • 8th place in the 400 meter run (46.38 s)

Erwin Skamrahl initially started for SV Union Groß Ilsede , to which he moved back in 1981. In 1980 and 1981 he was active for Post SV Hannover, and from 1986 he was a member of VfL Wolfsburg . In his playing days he was 1.78 m tall and weighed 67 kg.

For his services to sport in Lower Saxony , he was accepted into the Lower Saxony Sports Honor Gallery of the Lower Saxony Institute for Sports History in 1998.

Web links

• Erwin Skamrahl in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PSH News bulletin of the Post SV Hannover, article of the athletics division in No. 4/1980 and 5/1980 as well as 4/1981