Thomas Huschke (born 29 December 1947) is a retired

East German 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 ...

cyclist. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the 4000m individual and team pursuit events. He won a silver team medal in 1972 and an individual bronze medal in 1976, where his team also finished in fourth place overall. Between 1970 and 1975 he won one gold, three silver and two bronze medals in the same two events at world championships. As a road racer, he finished third in the Tour of Belgium in 1972, and won one stage of the

Peace Race The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...

in 1973. After retiring from competitions he received a degree in economics, and later briefly worked as a marketing expert of the East German Gymnastics and Sports Association. In 1988 he was manager of figure skater

Katarina Witt Katarina Witt (, ; born 3 December 1965) is a German former figure skater. A two-time Olympic champion, Witt is regarded as one of the greatest ladies' singles figure skaters of all time. Her Laureus profile states "she is remembered most for ...

. From 2004 to 2006 he was chairman of the Frankfurter Cycling Club. His grandfather Adolf and father Gerhard were both competitive cyclists.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Huschke, Thomas 1947 births Living people East German male cyclists Olympic cyclists for East Germany Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Berlin Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from East Berlin