Dietmar Falkenberg

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Dietmar Falkenberg
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Dietmar Falkenberg is an East German former bobsledder who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He is best known for his third place in the Bobsleigh World Cup championship in the four-man event in 1989-90.

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