Alexander Thieme Explained

Alexander Thieme
Birth Date:13 January 1954
Birth Place:Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony, East Germany
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Alexander Thieme (13 January 1954  - 29 November 2016) was an East German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres.[1] Thieme was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony. He competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 4 × 100 metres relay where he won the silver medal alongside his teammates Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer and Klaus-Dieter Kurrat. In 1977, his team came in second place in the 4 x 100 m relay at the IAAF World Cup in Düsseldorf.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gedenkseite von Alexander Thieme. freiepresse.de. 5 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20170113155612/https://gedenken.freiepresse.de/traueranzeige/alexander-thieme. 13 January 2017. dead.