Fredy Schmidtke (1 July 1961 – 1 December 2017) was a German

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

. He won a gold medal in the 1000 metres time trial at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

and finished eighth in the sprint. Schmidtke died of a heart attack on 1 December 2017, at the age of 56.

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