Hans-Joachim Hartnick (born 12 January 1955) is a retired

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 100 km team time trial. In this discipline he won a silver medal at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, a bronze medal at the world championships in 1974 and a gold medal at the world championships in 1979; his team finished in 10th place at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

. Individually, he won the following races: * DDR-Rundfahrt, 1974 and 1975 * Hill Climb Championship, 1975 *Korneuburg, 1975 *

Peace Race The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...

, 1976 * Rund um Berlin, 1977 *

Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 was a bicycle road race held annually in the German state of Thuringia. It was a stage race reserved to athletes under the age of 23. Since 2005, it was organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour. After the 201 ...

, 1979 * Tour de l'Yonne, 1981 He finished in second place in the Peace Race in 1975.

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1955 births Living people People from Großräschen People from Bezirk Cottbus East German male cyclists Cyclists from Brandenburg Olympic cyclists of East Germany Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Olympic silver medalists for East Germany UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub