Jürgen Evers (born 29 April 1964 in

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) is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400-metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slight ...

. He won the silver medal in 200 m at the 1986 European Championships. In the

4 × 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...

event he finished fifth at the 1983 World Championships and at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

. His personal best time was 20.37 seconds, achieved in August 1983 in

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. This ranks him fifth among German 200 m sprinters, behind Tobias Unger, Frank Emmelmann, Sebastian Ernst and Eugen Ray.Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc
Jürgen Evers represented the sports team SV Salamander Kornwestheim.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Evers, Juergen 1964 births Living people Athletes from Stuttgart West German male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany European Athletics Championships medalists SV Salamander Kornwestheim athletes

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