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East German cyclist (1956–2017)

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Lothar Thoms
Lothar Thoms
Personal information
Born(1956-05-18)18 May 1956
Guben, Brandenburg, East Germany
Died5 November 2017(2017-11-05) (aged 61)
Medal record
Men's cycling
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 1 km time trial
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1977 San Cristóbal 1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place 1978 Munich 1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place 1979 Amsterdam 1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place 1981 Brno 1 km time trial
Silver medal – second place 1982 Leicester 1 km time trial
Bronze medal – third place 1983 Zurich 1 km time trial

Lothar Thoms (18 May 1956 – 5 November 2017) was a track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial by marking a new indoor world record. His time of 1'02"955 was more than 2 sec better than the previous record of the same year held by Urs Freuler. He also won four gold medals in the 1 km time trial (amateurs) at the 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981 world championships respectively, thus winning all kilo events at the major international competitions in five consecutive years. In 1981 he was elected East German Sportspersonality of the year.

References

  1. "Trauer um Lothar Thoms". BDR Medienservice (in German). 7 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lothar Thoms". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2015.

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Awards
Preceded byEast Germany Waldemar Cierpinski East German Sportsman of the Year
1981 		Succeeded byEast Germany Bernd Drogan
Olympic cycling champions in men's track time trial
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