Gerhard Sperling (born 25 November 1937 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 ...

) is an

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former

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. Sperling represented the sports club TSC Berlin and became East German champion over 20 km in 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1971. He competed at the

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in 1961, 1969 and 1977 and has won five medals including three gold medals

International competitions

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1937 births Living people Athletes from Berlin East German male racewalkers Deaf competitors in athletics German deaf people Olympic athletes of East Germany Olympic athletes of the United Team of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists {{Germany-racewalk-bio-stub

International competitions

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