Hans-Georg Reimann (born 24 August 1941 in Starrischken, Municipality Heydekrug) is a former

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er, who started for the SC Dynamo Berlin and the GDR and won two Olympic medals in 20 km racewalking. He finished third at the

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in (1:27:17 hours) and finished second at the

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in (1:25:14 hours). He won the silver medal (1:36:14.2 hours) at the 1962 European Championships. He - synchronously with Peter Frenkel - went a world record (1:25:19.4 hours). Four years later and he was flag bearer of the GDR team at the opening of the

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/ref> Reimann became first an engineer for measuring and automatic control. After the end of his sporting career he worked as a trainer for racewalkers. After the end of the GDR he became a pharmacy representative and lived in

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. Reimann started for SC Dynamo Berlin and trained with Max Weber. In his athletic career he was 1.80 meters large and weighed 65 kg.

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*https://www.leichtathletik-berlin.de/start.html - Berlin Athletics Association {{DEFAULTSORT:Reimann, Hans-Georg 1941 births Living people East German male racewalkers 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 Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners