Christian Thomas (born 31 March 1965) is a retired
West German
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long jump
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er.
Thomas represented the sports club
TV Heppenheim
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. His personal best jump was 8.21 metres, achieved in July 1994 in
Germering
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History
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Germering ...
. This ranks him tenth among German long jumpers, behind
Lutz Dombrowski
Lutz Dombrowski (born 25 June 1959) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion.
Early life
Dombrowski was born in 1959 in Zwickau. Wilhelm Pieck, who at the time of Dombrowski's birth was president of East Germany, wa ...
,
Frank Paschek
Frank Paschek (born 25 June 1956) is a retired East German long jumper.
He was born in Bad Doberan, Bezirk Rostock, and won a silver medal for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, Soviet Union.
His personal best jump was 8 ...
,
Josef Schwarz,
Henry Lauterbach,
Marco Delonge
Marco Delonge (born 16 June 1966) is a retired East German long jumper.
He won the silver medal at the 1985 European Junior Championships. He represented the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin, and became East German champion in 1987 and 1989.
His ...
,
Konstantin Krause,
Dietmar Haaf,
Ron Beer
Ron Beer (born 29 August 1965) is a retired East German long jumper.
He won the gold medal at the 1983 European Junior Championships and finished seventh at the 1987 European Indoor Championships. He represented the sports club SC Dynamo Berlin, ...
and
Uwe Lange
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, and equal to
Georg Ackermann and
Nils Winter.
Achievements
References
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1965 births
Living people
West German male long jumpers
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