René Schöfisch (born 3 February 1962) is a German

speed skater Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating. ...

who competed for

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 ...

in the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

. He was born in East Berlin. He won bronze medals in the 5000 metres and 10000 metres at the

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1962 births Living people German male speed skaters Olympic speed skaters for East Germany Speed skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in speed skating Medalists at the 1984 Winter Olympics German roller skaters 20th-century German people {{Germany-speed-skating-bio-stub