Hauke Fuhlbrügge (born 21 March 1966) is a German former middle-distance runner.

Biography

He won the bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in

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. He also won a silver medal at the 1989 World Indoor Championships and a gold medal at the

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. Fuhlbrügge qualified for the Olympic Games in Barcelona 1992 but went out in the semi-finals. He set personal bests of 1:45.15 minutes for 800 metres in 1989 and 3:34.15 minutes for 1500 metres in 1991. The latter result places him tenth on the German all-time performers list, behind

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Fuhlbrügge did not participate in the 1993 World Championships as he had come only fourth in the German championships. Hauke Fuhlbrügge competed for East Germany before reunification and represented the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt.

References

1966 births Living people East German male middle-distance runners German male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Germany People from Friedrichroda World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Thuringia Universiade gold medalists for East Germany World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub