Armin Lemme (28 October 1955 – 1 August 2021) was a

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete from

East Germany East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

who competed in the men's

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disk (mathematics), disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an classical antiqui ...

event at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. He set his personal best (68.50 metres) in 1982. Lemme was born in

Packebusch Packebusch is a village and a former municipality in the district Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the town Kalbe. Geography Packebusch is an angerdorf alongside a road, with a church loca ...

Bezirk Magdeburg The Bezirk Magdeburg was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Magdeburg. History The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 Octo ...

on 28 October 1955. He died in

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...

on 1 August 2021, at the age of 65.

International competitions

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* 1955 births 2021 deaths People from Altmarkkreis Salzwedel People from Bezirk Magdeburg East German male discus throwers German male discus throwers Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt Olympic athletes of East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1981 Summer Universiade {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub