Günter Mielke (30 November 1942 – 18 January 2010) was a

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long-distance runner who specialized in the

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and marathon. He was born in

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. He won the West German championships in marathon in 1975 and 1977 and won silver medals in 10,000 metres in 1971, 1972 and 1974. He represented several clubs, including ASV Köln, TV Wattenscheid, OSC Berlin,

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and LG Neckar-Odenwald. He also won the 1977

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. Internationally he competed in 10,000 metres at the

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without finishing the race, and finished 54th in the 1976 Olympic marathon. His personal bests were 28.44.6 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in 1972; and 2.13.58 hours in the marathon, achieved in 1981. He died on 18 January 2010 in

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1942 births 2010 deaths West German male long-distance runners West German male marathon runners Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany ASV Köln athletes TV Wattenscheid athletes OSC Berlin athletes VfL Wolfsburg athletes LG Neckar-Odenwald athletes German male marathon runners Berlin Marathon male winners 20th-century German people {{Germany-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub