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Detlef Schrempf is a German-American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies from 1981 to 1985, and was drafted into the National Basketball Association (NBA) by the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft, with the eighth overall pick. He was an All-NBA Third Team member in 1995, a three-time NBA All-Star, the first European player ever to achieve this award, and the NBA Sixth Man of the Year twice.
Detlef Michel, is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw. His most important result came when he won the World Championship title in Helsinki 1983 with a throw of 89.48 meters in adverse conditions (rain), beating world record holder Tom Petranoff of the USA by a comfortable margin. In fact, Michel threw the four longest throws of the final.
Detlef Kästner is a retired boxer, who represented East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal in the light middleweight division, after being defeated in the semifinals by eventual silver medalist Aleksandr Koshkyn of the USSR.
Athletes from West Germany competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first time that East Germany and West Germany sent separate teams to the Summer Olympic Games. 275 competitors, 232 men and 43 women, took part in 154 events in 17 sports for West Germany. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Munich, the West German flag was raised at the closing ceremony.
Olaf Prenzler is an East German former sprinter who specialised in the 100 and 200 metres.
Detlev Thorith was an East German discus thrower. He was born in Köslin. He started for the Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He competed in the men's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Detlef Kirchhoff is a German rower, who competed for the SG Dynamo Potsdam / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions. He competed at four Olympic Games, winning medals at three of them.
Detlef Hofmann is a German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s. He won a gold medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
Martin Hollstein is a German sprint canoer and Olympic champion. He has been competing since the late 2000s, mostly in kayak single, double or four.
Lars Detlef Kleppich is a former windsurfer from Australia, who competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1992. He won the bronze medal in the Men's Lechner Sailboard Class in Barcelona, Spain (1992). He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Detlef Lewe was a West German-German sprint canoeist who competed from the late 1950s to the early 1970s.
Stephanie Beckert is a long-distance speed skater from Germany. She had a fourth place standing at the 2008–09 women's 3000/5000 m World Cup. At the 2010 Winter Olympics she won one gold and two silver medals.
Detlef Bock is a retired German shot putter. Born and raised in the former East Germany, Bock represented his nation Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics and also trained as a member of the athletics squad for the sport club VfL Wolfsburg under his coach Werner Goldmann. In 2005, Bock threw a personal best of 20.72 metres at a shot put meeting in Engers, finishing behind his rival Ralf Bartels by sixty centimetres.
Detlef Wagenknecht is a German former middle-distance runner. Representing East Germany, he was a finalist in men's 800 metres at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1982 European Championships and placed third at the 1981 IAAF World Cup.
Detlef Fuhrmann is a German former athlete. He competed in the men's javelin throw at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Detlef Knorrek is a German judoka. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics. Detlef Knorrek won the Goodwill Games in Seattle in 1990 and 1994. He competed at Olympic Games and won bronze at the European Championships in 1991 in Prague U95kg. Knorrek won the World Cups in Munich, Basel and Rome. Bronze at the TIVP in 1992 and 1993. World team silver in 1994.
Detlef Dahn is a German boxer who had trained as a toolmaker.
Detlef Kühn is a German wrestler. He competed in the men's Greco-Roman 82 kg at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Detlef Kahlert is a German former archer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Detlef Bertz is a German former luger. He competed in the men's doubles event at the 1984 Winter Olympics.
References
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Detlef Blasche Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
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