Lothar Thoms (18 May 1956 – 5 November 2017) was a
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
from
East Germany
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 ...
, who represented his native country 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 ...
in
Moscow, Russia
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.
There he won the gold medal in the
men's 1 km time trial by marking a new indoor world record.
His time of 1'02"955 was more than 2 sec better than the previous record of the same year held by
Urs Freuler
Urs Freuler (born 6 November 1958 in Bilten, Canton of Glarus) is a Swiss cyclist, who raced professionally between 1980 and 1997, during which he won 124 victories. He was named Swiss Sports Personality of the Year in 1982 and 1983.
He was bor ...
. He also won four gold medals in the 1 km time trial (amateurs) at the 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981 world championships respectively, thus winning all kilo events at the major international competitions in five consecutive years. In 1981 he was elected
East German Sportspersonality of the year.
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1956 births
2017 deaths
Sportspeople from Guben
East German male cyclists
Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for East Germany
Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
East German track cyclists
People from Bezirk Cottbus
Cyclists from Brandenburg
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