Sven Matthes (born 23 August 1969
GBR Athletics, accessed 13 June 2008) is a German sprinter who held the World Junior Record in

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for 13 years between 1988 and 2001 with a time of 6.53 seconds.The Telegraph
World Indoor Championships: Caines caps rise with gold medal, 2001-3-11, accessed 13 June 2008

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Matthes, who was born in

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, also received a bronze medal in

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in the European Junior Championships in

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in 1987 with a time of 10.47 seconds.Junior Men Rankings
European Athletics Championships, accessed 13 June 2008. He improved his time to 10.11 seconds in

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on 22 June 1989 and holds a spot in ''European Under-23 All Time List'' with this performance.

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1969 births East German male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of East Germany Living people German male sprinters People from East Berlin SC Dynamo Berlin athletes {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub

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