Klaus Thiele (athlete)
Klaus Thiele (born January 21, 1958 in Potsdam ) is a former German athlete who won the silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow with the GDR's 4 x 400 meter relay (3: 01.26 min, together with Andreas Knebel , Frank Schaffer and Volker Beck ).
His first major success was the silver medal with the 4 x 100 meter relay at the European Junior Championships in 1977.
He also started at the European Championships in 1978 in the 200-meter run , but did not get beyond the intermediate run.
Klaus Thiele started for the ASK Potsdam and trained with Wolfgang Gerhold . In his playing days he was 1.95 m tall and weighed 78 kg. After his sports career he became a landscape architect. In 1980 he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland , August 22, 1980, p. 3
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| SURNAME | Thiele, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete and Olympic medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 21, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam , GDR |