Erwin Richard Skamrahl (born 8 March 1958) is a retired German

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete who competed in the

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and

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

Biography

At the 1982 European Championships he finished fourth in the 200 metres, won a bronze medal in the

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and a gold medal in the

4 x 400 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

. Earlier that year he had won the 200 m at the 1982 European Indoor Championships in a new championship record of 21.20 seconds. At the 1983 World Championships he finished fourth in the 400 metres and won a silver medal in the

. He then competed in the 1984 Olympic relay, finished eighth in 400 m at the 1986 European Championships and fifth in 200 m at the 1987 European Indoor Championships. His personal best time in 400 m was 44.50 seconds, achieved in July 1983 in

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. This ranks him second among German 400 m sprinters, only behind

Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe (born 6 August 1965) is a retired East German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. He won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. In that race, he set a European record of 44.33 seconds which still ...

who ran 44.33 seconds. In 200 m, his best time was 20.44 seconds, only 0.01 second behind

Norbert Dobeleit Norbert Dobeleit (born 17 July 1964) is a German television personality and retired athlete. During his active career he represented West Germany and specialized in the 200 and 400 metres. Biography Dobeleit was born in Renchen, Baden-Württembe ...

and Stefan Holz who occupy the top two places on the German all-time ranking.

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* * * 1958 births Living people West German male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany People from Landshut (district) Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub