Lothar Milde

Lothar Milde, 1959

Lothar Milde (born November 8, 1934 in Halle (Saale) ) is a German athlete who - starting for the GDR - won the silver medal in the discus throw at the 1968 Olympic Games . In addition, he came to medal ranks four times at European Championships. He also started in the joint German teams at the Olympic Games in 1960 (twelfth) and 1964 (eliminated in qualification).

Successes in detail

• 1960: Olympic Games : 12th place (52.22 - 51.26 - 53.33 m ).
• 1962: European Championships : 3rd place (54.67 - 55.47 m - invalid - 54.63 - 54.24 - invalid )
• 1966: European Championships : 3rd place (56.08 - 55.20 - 56.80 m - 55.20 - invalid - 56.22)
• 1968: Olympic Games : 2nd place (62.44 - 63.08 m - 62.58 - 59.98 - 60.24 - 58.00).
• 1969: European Championships : 3rd place (59.10 - 58.50 - invalid - 55.60 - 59.34 m - invalid )
• 1971: European Championships : 2nd place (56.82 - 61.12 - 60.74 - 61.34 - 61.62 m - 61.56)

Lothar Milde was captain of the GDR national athletics team from 1966 to 1971. During his sports career, from 1963 to the 1980s , he was a member of the district assembly of the GDR district of Halle. After his sports career, he worked as a machine tool engineer and was a member of the Presidium of the GDR Athletics Association DVfL . He later became a trade union official in the GDR. After the reunification he was state chairman of IG-Metall in Saxony-Anhalt.

Lothar Milde started for SC Chemie Halle and trained with Lothar Hinz . During his playing days he was 1.95 m tall and weighed 110 kg.

Awards (selection)

• 1968: Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze

Private

Lothar Milde is retired and currently lives in Halle / Saale.

Web links

Commons : Lothar Milde  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lothar Milde in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )