Marc Blume Explained

Marc Blume
Birth Date:	28 December 1973
Birth Place:	Lüdinghausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Height:	1.80 m
Country:	Germany
Sport:	Athletics
Event:	100 metres
Pb:	60 metres: 6.54 100 metres: 10.13 200 metres: 20.47
Show-Medals:	yes

Marc Blume (born 28 December 1973 in Lüdinghausen) is a German sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres.

Biography

He is the twin brother of Holger Blume. Both represented the sports club TV Wattenscheid. With a personal best of 10.13 seconds, Blume is fifth on the German all-time list.^[1]

Achievements

Representing
1992	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	6th	100m	10.57 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
			11th (h)	4 × 100 m relay	43.93
1993		Stuttgart, Germany	5th (quarterfinals)	100 m	10.32,
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	38.78
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th	100m	10.40 (wind: -0.5 m/s)
			6th	4 × 100 m relay	39.36
1995		Barcelona, Spain	5th	60 m	6.59,
		Gothenburg, Sweden	7th (quarterfinals)	100 m	10.40
			5th (heats)	200 m	20.86,
1996		Stockholm, Sweden	1st	60 m	6.62
	Summer Olympics	Atlanta, United States	6th (quarterfinals)	100 m	10.33
				4 × 100 m relay
1997		Paris, France	2nd (heats)	60 m	6.67
1998		Budapest, Hungary	5th	4 × 100 m relay	39.09,
		Johannesburg, South Africa	7th	100 m	10.30,
			7th	4 × 100 m relay	38.89
1999		Maebashi, Japan	11th	60 m	6.59
		Seville, Spain	4th (heats)	4 × 100 m relay	38.84
2000		Ghent, Belgium	=11th	60 m	6.74
	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	=36th	100 m	10.42
2002		Vienna, Austria	10th	60 m	6.70
				200 m
		Munich, Germany	12th	100 m	10.38
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	38.88
		Madrid, Spain	7th	100 m	10.46
			—	4 × 100 m relay
2003		Paris, France		4 × 100 m relay
2005		Madrid, Spain	10th	60 m	6.71
		Helsinki, Finland	7th	4 × 100 m relay	38.48,

See also

• German all-time top lists – 100 metres

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik . "Eternal" list of the best in German athletics . leichtathletik.de . de . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf . 4 July 2007.