Fredy Schmidtke

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Fredy Schmidtke
Personal information
Born(1961-07-01)1 July 1961
Worringen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany
Died1 December 2017(2017-12-01) (aged 56)
Dormagen
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Team information
Discipline Track
Medal record
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles 1 km time trial
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Leicester 1 km time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1981 Brno 1 km time trial

Fredy Schmidtke (1 July 1961 – 1 December 2017) was a German track cyclist. He won a gold medal in the 1000 metres time trial at the 1984 Summer Olympics and finished eighth in the sprint. [1]

Schmidtke died of a heart attack on 1 December 2017, at the age of 56. [2]

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References

  1. Fredy Schmidtke Archived 29 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com
  2. "Trauer um Fredy Schmidtke" (in German). BDR Medienservice. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2017.