Alexander Thieme (13 January 1954 – 29 November 2016) was an

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athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Thieme was born in

Karl-Marx-Stadt Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 28th largest city of Germany as ...

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. He competed for East Germany in the

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held in

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, Canada in the 4 × 100 metres relay where he won the silver medal alongside his teammates

Manfred Kokot Manfred Kokot (born 3 January 1948 in Templin, Brandenburg) is a former East German athlete, who won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He did so alongside Jörg Pfeifer, Klaus-Diet ...

Jörg Pfeifer Jörg Pfeifer (born 19 March 1952) is a retired East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 4 × 100 metre relay where he won the s ...

and

Klaus-Dieter Kurrat Klaus-Dieter Kurrat (born 16 January 1955 in Nauen, Brandenburg) is a former East German athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He was a European Junior 100/200 metre champion in 1973. He was twice East German 100 Metres Champion, a ...

. In 1977, his team came in second place in the 4 x 100 m relay at the IAAF World Cup in Düsseldorf.

References

* 1954 births 2016 deaths Sportspeople from Chemnitz East German male sprinters Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for East Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub