Dirk Meier (born 28 January 1964) is a retired East German cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 4000 m

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, winning silver medals at the world championships of 1986 and 1987 and at the

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. As a road racer, he won the

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in 1987 and 1989, as well as the Niedersachsen Rundfahrt and

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in 1988.

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1964 births Living people People from Spremberg People from Bezirk Cottbus East German male cyclists Cyclists from Brandenburg Olympic cyclists of East Germany Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub