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René Herms (17 July 1982 – 9 January 2009) was a German middle-distance runner who specialised in the
800 metres
The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since t ...
.
Herms was born in
Dohna
Dohna is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, Saxony, Germany. It is located south of Heidenau, in the Müglitz valley and lies at the northeastern foot of the Eastern Ore Mountains. It is accessed by the Pirna interchange ...
,
Bezirk Dresden
The Bezirk Dresden was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany that lasted from 1952 to 1990. Dresden would be reabsorbed back into Saxony after the reunification of Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Dresden.
History
The dist ...
,
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 ...
. He won the silver medal in
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 ...
at the
2000 World Junior Championships, became European junior champion in 2001 and finished seventh at the
2002 European Championships. He also competed at the World Championships in
2003 and
2005 as well as the
2004 Olympic Games
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
without reaching the finals.
His personal best time was 1:44.14 minutes, achieved in August 2004 in
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...
.
He competed for the athletics clubs
LSV Pirna and
LG Braunschweig.
He died in
Lohmen
Lohmen is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.
History
Lohmen was first officially recognized as a village in 1292. The village name comes from the Slovak term ''lom'' or "fissure". There were ...
, Germany, aged 26. The reported cause of the death was a heart-related illness.
References
1982 births
2009 deaths
People from Dohna
People from Bezirk Dresden
German male middle-distance runners
Sportspeople from Saxony
LG Braunschweig athletes
Olympic athletes of Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
German national athletics champions
21st-century German people
20th-century German people
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