Ralf Lübke (born 17 June 1965 in

Mülheim an der Ruhr Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr () and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home to many compan ...

) is a retired

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athlete who specialized in the

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Biography

At the

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held in

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he helped win the

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

bronze medal with his teammates

Norbert Dobeleit Norbert Dobeleit (born 17 July 1964) is a German television personality and retired athlete. During his active career he represented West Germany and specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. Biography Dobeleit was born in Renchen, Baden-Württembe ...

Edgar Itt Edgar Itt (born 8 June 1967) is a retired West German athlete. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, ...

and

Jörg Vaihinger Jörg Vaihinger (born 8 October 1962) is a retired West German West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the ...

. He had already finished fifth in the 1984 Olympic relay, won a relay silver medal at the 1986 European Championships and a bronze medal in 400 m at the 1988 European Indoor Championships. His personal best time was 20.38 seconds, achieved in August 1985 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 ...

. This ranks him fifth among German 200 m sprinters, behind

Tobias Unger Tobias Benjamin Unger (born 10 July 1979 ) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in sprints.

Frank Emmelmann Frank Emmelmann (born 15 September 1961 in Groß Börnecke, Saxony-Anhalt) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. Biography In 1981 he was 2nd in the European cup final in the 100 metres, to the 1980 Mos ...

, Sebastian Ernst, Eugen Ray and Jürgen Evers. In addition he ran the

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in 44.98 seconds in July 1986 in Berlin. This ranks him tenth among German 400 m sprinters, behind

Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe (born 6 August 1965) is a retired East German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. He won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. In that race, he set a European record of 44.33 seconds which still ...

Erwin Skamrahl Erwin Richard Skamrahl (born 8 March 1958) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the 200 and 400 metres. Biography At the 1982 European Championships he finished fourth in the 200 metres, won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 ...

Ingo Schultz Ingo Schultz (born 26 July 1975) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. Career Schultz was born in Lingen. He took up athletics in 1997, and ran his first 400 metres race in 1998, clocking in 49.45 second ...

, Karl Honz, Hartmut Weber,

Mathias Schersing Mathias Schersing (born 7 October 1964 in Halle) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. At the 1986 European Championships he won the bronze medal in the 400 metres in a lifetime best of 44.85 seconds and finishe ...

Jens Carlowitz Jens Carlowitz (born 8 August 1964 in Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a retired East German sprinter. His personal best time was 44.86 seconds, achieved at the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona. This places him seventh on the German all-time list, behind Thomas ...

, Frank Schaffer and Harald Schmid.

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1965 births Living people Sportspeople from Mülheim West German male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) West German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub

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