Frank André Pollmächer (born 22 March 1983 in

Riesa Riesa (; ) is a town in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany. It is located on the river Elbe, approximately northwest of Dresden. History The name ''Riesa'' is derived from Slavic ''Riezowe''. This name, romanised as "Rezoa", appears f ...

) is a German

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who specializes in the 5,000 and

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Biography

Pollmächer finished seventh in the 10,000 metres final at the

2006 European Athletics Championships The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit". Gothenburg also hosted the 1995 World Champions ...

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. His personal best time is 27:55.66 minutes, achieved in June 2007 in Dommelhof. He was 18th in the men's

marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...

at the

2009 World Championships in Athletics The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () were held in Berlin, Germany from 15 to 23 August 2009. The majority of events took place in the Olympiastadion, while the marathon and racewalking events started and finished at the Brandenbu ...

. He returned to the track after a four-year break and claimed the

bronze medal A bronze medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of bronze awarded to the third-place finisher of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The outright winner receives ...

at the European Cup 10,000m in Oslo.Portugal double victory at the European Cup 10000m
. European Athletics (2011-06-04). Retrieved on 2011-06-05. Pollmächer competes for LAC Erdgas Chemnitz and trains under Bernd Dießner. He is the older brother of Anja Pollmächer.

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* * * 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Riesa Athletes from Bezirk Dresden German male long-distance runners German male marathon runners 20th-century German sportsmen 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub