Volker Löffler
Volker Löffler 
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 GDR
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| birthday | June 27, 1942 | |||||||||
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| size | 171 cm | |||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg | |||||||||
| job | engineer | |||||||||
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| discipline | sprint | |||||||||
| Best performance | 100 m: 10.4 s | |||||||||
| society | SC Wissenschaft DHfK Leipzig | |||||||||
| status | resigned | |||||||||
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Volker Löffler (born June 27, 1942 in Oberlind ) is a former German sprinter who started for the GDR .
In 1961 Löffler won the championship title at the GDR championships with the 4 × 400 m relay of the SC DHfK . Three years later he was able to secure his second medal at national championships. As a bronze medalist over 100 m, he was accepted into the Olympic squad with which he took part in the eliminations for the overall German Olympic team in 1964. The 4 × 100 m relay of the GDR qualified against the favored sprinters from the FRG. Löffler was nominated as a relay runner for the 1964 Olympic Games in Japan . In Tokyo he reached the semi-finals in the 4 x 100 meter relay for the German team .
He set his personal best over 100 m of 10.4 s in 1962.
Volker Löffler started for the SC Wissenschaft DHfK Leipzig .
Web links
- Volker Löffler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Löffler, Volker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sprinter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberlind |