Dietmar Koszewski (born 26 July 1967 in

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) is a retired

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. He won a bronze medal for

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at the

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and the gold medal at the

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in Buffalo. His personal best was 13.41 seconds, achieved in July 1990 in

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. This ranks him ninth among German 110 m hurdlers, behind

Florian Schwarthoff Florian Schwarthoff (born May 7, 1968 in Dortmund) is a former German hurdler best known for winning a bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Schwarthoff had his best season in 1995 when set a new German record of 13.05 sec. in Bremen. He was ...

Mike Fenner Mike Fenner (born 24 April 1971 in East Berlin) is a retired German hurdler. His personal best is 13.06 seconds, achieved in June 1995 in Scheeßel. This ranks him second among German 110 m hurdlers, only behind Florian Schwarthoff Florian Schw ...

Eric Kaiser Eric Kaiser (born 7 March 1971) is a retired Cameroonian-born German athlete who specialised in the sprint hurdles. He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics as well as two World Championships. Earlier in his career he competed in th ...

Falk Balzer Falk Balzer (born 14 December 1973 in Leipzig) is a former German hurdler, the son of former East German hurdler Karin Balzer. He is best known for winning the silver medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. He repr ...

Thomas Blaschek Thomas Blaschek (born 5 April 1981 in Gera, East Germany) is a German hurdler. His personal best time is 13.31 seconds, achieved in July 2005 in Cuxhaven. This ranks him fifth among German 110 m hurdlers, behind Florian Schwarthoff, Mike Fenn ...

, Sven Göhler,

Thomas Munkelt Thomas Munkelt (born 3 August 1952) is a retired East German athlete, winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Born in Zedtlitz, Bezirk Leipzig, East Germany, Thomas Munkelt was a classic high hurdler who dominated European hurdling ...

and

Holger Pohland Holger Pohland (born 5 April 1963) is a retired sprint hurdler who competed for East Germany for most of his career. He won medals at the 1986 and 1989 European Indoor Championships, as well as the 1981 European Junior Championships. In additi ...

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1967 births Living people German male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Germany Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade {{Germany-hurdles-bio-stub