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Dieter Gonschorek (born 19 September 1944) is a German former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race for East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He won the DDR Rundfahrt in 1973. [1]
Athletes from East Germany competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 297 competitors, 231 men and 66 women, took part in 161 events in 18 sports.
Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy is a former track cyclist and racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
Dieter "Didi" Senft is a German cycling fan who is known as Didi the Devil or El Diablo at the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia. Since 1993, he has been seen in the Tour and Giro's many stages wearing his red devil costume and painting trident symbols on the road some miles before he appears. Senft said the inspiration for his costume came from secretly watching the Tour de France on West German TV and hearing a broadcaster refer to the red triangular flag that marks the last kilometer as "the devil's red flag."
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany for the last time at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 337 competitors, 275 men and 62 women, took part in 159 events in 19 sports.
Athletes from East Germany and West Germany competed together as the United Team of Germany at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 293 competitors, 238 men and 55 women, took part in 148 events in 17 sports.
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.
Germany was the host nation and top medal recipient at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 433 competitors, 389 men and 44 women, took part in 143 events in 22 sports.
Stefan Nimke is an Olympic and world champion track cyclist from Germany.
Dieter Arend was a German rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Rolf-Dieter Amend was a German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Dieter Grahn is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Dieter Schubert is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig, known as Lucky in rowing circles, was a German coxswain who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He had a long rowing career and competed on the international stage for 19 seasons, retiring aged 41.
Dieter Wendisch is a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Dieter Gieseler was a German cyclist. He won the silver medal in 1000m time trial in the 1960 Summer Olympics
The men's track time trial at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, was held on 26 August 1960. There were 25 participants from 25 nations, with each nation limited to one competitor. The event was won by Sante Gaiardoni of Italy, the nation's second consecutive victory and third consecutive podium appearance in the men's track time trial. Dieter Gieseler won the United Team of Germany's first medal in the event in its first appearance with his silver; it was the first medal for a German athlete since 1936. Rostislav Vargashkin's bronze was the first medal for the Soviet Union in the event.
Dieter Puschel was a German racing cyclist. He won the German National Road Race in 1962.
Dieter Koslar was a German cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Dieter Grabe is an East German former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He won the DDR Rundfahrt in 1968.
Dieter Berkmann is a German former cyclist. He competed for West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics and 1976 Summer Olympics.
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