Joachim Dehmel (born 27 June 1969, in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

) is a retired

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middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, up to 3000 metres. The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distance event. The 1 ...

who specialized in the 800 meters. He represented his country at the

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as well as one indoor and one outdoor World Championships.

Competition record

Personal bests

Outdoor *800 metres – 1:44.71 (Nurnberg 1996) Indoor *800 metres – 1:46.35 (Stuttgart 1995) *1000 metres – 2:20.52 (Sindelfingen 1990) *1500 metres – 3:42.19 (Dortmund 1997)

References

All-Athletics profile
1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Stuttgart German male middle-distance runners West German male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1995 Summer Universiade {{Germany-middledistance-athletics-bio-stub