Thomas Goller (born 28 October 1977 in

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) is a retired

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. He was banned from competing for two years for doping.

Biography

He won a

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in a

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

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and two

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in the events of

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and relay at the 1999 edition. At senior level he competed at the 1998 European Championships (9th place in 400 m hurdles), the 1999 World Championships (15th in 400 m hurdles and 11th in relay) and the

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(16th in 400 m hurdles) without reaching the final. His personal best time was 48.54 seconds, achieved in June 1999 in

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. This ranked him fifth on the German all-time list, behind

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and

Uwe Ackermann Uwe Ackermann (born 12 September 1960 in Zwickau, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a retired East German hurdler. He won the bronze medal at the 1982 European Championships with 48.64 seconds. His personal best time was 48.50 seconds, achieved in July ...

. Goller represented the sports clubs

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, LAZ Leipzig and

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. He was the German Champion in 1998, 1999, 2000 and

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over the 400 metres hurdles. In May 2010 it was proved that Thomas Goller had consumed

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and

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. The DLV suspended him and TV Wattenscheid 01 terminated his contract. At a hearing in July 2010, he was given a two-year ban where he announced his retirement from the sport.

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* 1977 births Living people People from Dohna People from Bezirk Dresden German male hurdlers Sportspeople from Saxony Olympic athletes of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Doping cases in athletics German sportspeople in doping cases German national athletics champions {{Germany-hurdles-bio-stub

Biography

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