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Axel Hermann Peschel (born 2 August 1942) is a German former cyclist. His sporting career began with SC Dynamo Berlin. [1] He competed for East Germany in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [2] Peschel won the Peace Race in 1968. [3] He won the DDR Rundfahrt in 1965 and 1967.
His son, Uwe Peschel, won Olympic gold in cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [4]
Steffen Zesner is a former freestyle swimmer from Germany, who won a total number of four medals as a relay member at the Summer Olympics. His best result was a silver medal, on the 4×200 metres freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Thomas Flemming, and Sven Lodziewski in Seoul, South Korea. He swam for SC Dynamo Berlin and its successor SC Berlin.
Uwe Peschel is a German former professional road bicycle racer and a time trialist.
Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 226 competitors, 186 men and 40 women, took part in 124 events in 18 sports. It was the first time that West Germany and East Germany had sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games.
Bernd Dittert is a retired racing cyclist from East Germany who won the bronze medal for his native country in the men's 4,000m individual pursuit at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Four years later he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial (road), alongside Michael Rich, Christian Meyer and Uwe Peschel.
Uwe Ampler is a retired track and road cyclist who competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Jan Schur, Mario Kummer, and Maik Landsmann.
Mario Kummer is a retired track and road racing cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Uwe Ampler, Jan Schur and Maik Landsmann. He was a professional road cyclist from 1990 to 1998, and afterwards became a cycling manager, managing Astana for the 2007 racing year.
Maik Landsmann is a retired track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial (100 km), alongside Uwe Ampler, Jan Schur and Mario Kummer. A year later he won the world title in the same event.
Christian Meyer is a retired German track cyclist who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial (100 km) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. His winning teammates were Michael Rich, Bernd Dittert and Uwe Peschel.
Uwe Messerschmidt is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1993 to 1997. He represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's points race behind Belgium's Roger Ilegems.
Michael Rich is a German former professional road bicycle racer who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial (100 km) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His winning teammates were Christian Meyer, Bernd Dittert and Uwe Peschel.
Nikolaus Anton "Toni" Merkens was a racing cyclist from Germany and Olympic champion. He represented his native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where he won the gold medal in the men's 1000 meter match sprint event.
Desmond "Des" Ronald Thomson is a former racing cyclist from New Zealand.
Uwe Potteck is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won gold medal in the 50 metre pistol at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal. At the Olympics in 1980 he placed 16th, and in 1988 he placed ninth. His brother, Jens Potteck, is also an Olympic shooter.
Uwe Proske is a German former fencer. He competed in the individual épée event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team épée event for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Egon Adler was a German cyclist. He won the silver medal in the team time trial event at the 1960 Summer Olympics He was born in Großpösna near Leipzig, Germany.
Fabien Sanchez is a French retired professional track cyclist. He won the bronze medal in men's team pursuit at the 2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and later represented his nation France in two editions of the Olympic Games. Before his official retirement in late 2008, Sanchez rode for three seasons on the FDJeux.com pro cycling team, following by his annual stint on Cofidis in 2006. Sanchez is also a four-time French track cycling champion in both the individual and team pursuit and in the points race.
Jan Smolík is a Czech former cyclist. His sporting career began with Dukla Brno. He competed at the 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics. He won the Peace Race in 1964.
Klaus Ampler was a German cyclist. His sporting career began with SC DHfK Leipzig. He competed for East Germany in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He won the peace race in 1963. He won the DDR Rundfahrt in 1962 and 1963. Ampler died at a nursing home in Leipzig on 6 May 2016 at the age of 75. He was the father of Uwe Ampler, who became a professional cyclist and was coached by his father in the 1980s.
Uwe Grabe is a German athlete. He competed in the men's shot put at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and finished seventh, he then won a bronze medal at the Summer Universiade two years later.
Lutz Benter is a German coxswain who represented West Germany.
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