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| Full name | Lothar Koepsel | ||||||||||
| Nationality | East Germany | ||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1945 Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5.6 ft) | ||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||
| Class(es) | Soling | ||||||||||
| Club | SC Berlin-Grünau | ||||||||||
Competition record
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| Updated on 1 March 2014. | |||||||||||
Lothar Koepsel (born 20 July 1945, in Berlin) is a sailor from East Germany. [1] Koepsel represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel. Koepsels took 14th place in the Soling with Roland Schwarz as helmsman and Werner Christoph as fellow crew member.
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.
Germany was represented at the 1956 Summer Olympics by a United Team of Germany of athletes from the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and, for the first time at Summer Games, also from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) which had not joined in 1952. Also, the Saarland athletes who had to enter as a separate team in 1952 could now join in even though the accession of their state was not yet in effect. Thus, this was the only Olympic team ever to comprise athletes from three German states.
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.
Manfred ("Manni") Germar is a West German athlete who mainly competed in sprint events.
Brazil sent a delegation to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway from 12–27 February 1994. This was Brazil's second time competing at a Winter Olympic Games, following their debut two years prior. Lothar Christian Munder, who had been part of the delegation to those Olympics was the only athlete sent by Brazil to Lillehammer. In his only event, the downhill, he came in 50th place.
Lothar Milde was an East German athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in Halle an der Saale.
Franz-Peter Hofmeister was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Bernd Herrmann was a West German athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.
Lothar Hause is a former football player from East Germany, who won the silver medal with the East German Olympic team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.
Lothar Stäber is a former German cyclist who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won many titles during his career.
Lothar Thoms was a track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial by marking a new indoor world record. His time of 1'02"955 was more than 2 sec better than the previous record of the same year held by Urs Freuler. He also won four gold medals in the 1 km time trial (amateurs) at the 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981 world championships respectively, thus winning all kilo events at the major international competitions in five consecutive years. In 1981 he was elected East German Sportspersonality of the year.
Lothar Metz was a German wrestler.
Lothar Claesges was a German cyclist. He won the gold medal in the Men's team pursuit at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He died on 12 November 2021, at the age of 79.
The men's track time trial event at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place on 22 July 1980 in Moscow Olympic Velodrome. There were 18 competitors from 18 nations, with one additional cyclist entered but not starting. The event was won by Lothar Thoms of East Germany, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's track time trial. Aleksandr Panfilov of the Soviet Union took silver, the nation's first medal in the event since 1960. David Weller's bronze remains—through the 2020 Games—Jamaica's only medal outside of track and field athletics. Denmark's three-Games medal streak ended.
Lothar Beckert was a German long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Lothar Albrich was a Romanian hurdler. He competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Lothar Christian Munder is a Brazilian alpine skier. He competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics.
Lothar Pongratz was a German bobsledder. He competed in the four man event at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
Lothar Heinrich is an Austrian sports shooter. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics.
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