Michael Huke (born March 30, 1969, in Sondershausen) is a retired

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sprinter who specialized in the

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and

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. He represented the sports club

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. At the 1993 World Championships he finished sixth in the 4x100 metres relay, together with teammates Marc Blume, Robert Kurnicki and Steffen Görmer. His personal best times were 10.29 seconds in the 100 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Köln, and 20.60 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in July 1994 in

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.World men's all-time best 200m
(last updated 2001)

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1969 births Living people People from Sondershausen German male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes from Thuringia 20th-century German people People from Bezirk Erfurt East German male sprinters {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub