Stephan Freigang
Stephan Timo Freigang (born 27 September 1967, in Hohenleipisch, Brandenburg) is a former long-distance runner from Germany, who won the bronze medal in the men's marathon at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He also competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a three-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (1991, 1993 and 1995). Life and sports As a youth, Freigang ran long-distance races. As a 16-year-old he took part in 15 km runs. In 1986 he was fourth at the World Junior Championships in the 10,000 meter run and in the 20 km run. He ran his first marathon in 1987 with a time of 2 hours 14 min. 34 sec. He sporting career was in question in 1989 after a bad motorcycle accident, but in 1990 he was once again one of the top German runners and took place in the September sporting event in Berlin and recorded a time of 28:05 in the 10,000, a result that was the best by a German that year. He w ...
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Hohenleipisch
Hohenleipisch (Sorbian languages, Sorbian: ''Lubuš'') is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the Elbe-Elster district, in Brandenburg, Germany. History Two kilometres west of Hohenleipisch is an old brown coal and quartz sand pit called Grube Gotthold. From 1952 to 1990, Hohenleipisch was part of the Bezirk Cottbus of East Germany. Demography References

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