Klaus-Peter Justus (born 1 July 1951 in

Königsee Königsee is a town and a municipality in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt, in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated east of Ilmenau, and south of Erfurt. The present municipality was formed on 31 December 2012 by the merger of the former munic ...

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) is a retired East German middle distance runner who specialized in the

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ...

. He won the gold medals at the 1970 European Junior Championships and the 1974 European Championships, and the bronze medal at the 1973 European Indoor Championships. He competed at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

without reaching the final. He competed for the club SC Motor Jena during his active career. His son

Steffen Justus Steffen Justus (born 15 April 1982) is a German triathlete. At the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from ...

is also a successful

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and runner.

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1951 births Living people People from Königsee East German male middle-distance runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of East Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Sportspeople from Thuringia {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub