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Born | Halle an der Saale, Germany | 30 May 1944
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Sport | Modern pentathlon |
Uwe Adler (born 30 May 1944) is a German modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics for the United Team of Germany. [1]
Uwe-Jens Mey is a German former speed skater, considered to be the fastest sprinter of his time because of his 500 metres supremacy in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was born in Warsaw, Poland.
Uwe Konstantin Blab is a German former professional basketball player who had a five-year career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Due to his red hair, Blab was nicknamed “Burning Skyscraper”, especially after becoming the first German for many years to join the NBA in North America.
Uwe Daßler, commonly spelled Uwe Dassler in English, is a former middle- and long-distance swimmer from Germany, who represented East Germany (GDR) in international competition.
Uwe Peschel is a German former professional road bicycle racer and a time trialist.
Uwe Rahn is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
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.
Michael Rich is a German former professional road bicycle racer who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial (100 km) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His winning teammates were Christian Meyer, Bernd Dittert and Uwe Peschel.
Uwe Dühring is a German rower, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the medals at the international rowing competitions.
The Kurd Laßwitz Award is a science fiction award from Germany. The award is named after the science fiction author Kurd Laßwitz. Only works originally published in German are eligible for nomination in all categories except for the Foreign Work category.
Uwe Sauer is a German equestrian and Olympic champion. He was born in Hamburg. He won a gold medal in team dressage at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles with Montevideo.
Uwe Benter is a German coxswain who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Uwe Heppner is a retired German rower. He competed for East Germany at the 1980 and 1988 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the quadruple sculls in 1980. He finished fifth in the double sculls in 1988. Between 1979 and 1987 he won four gold and three bronze medals in these two events at the world championships and finished fourth in 1989. In October 1986, he was awarded a Patriotic Order of Merit in gold for his sporting success.
Uwe Mund is a retired German rower. He competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished in fifth place in the double sculls event, together with Uwe Heppner. He won a gold and a silver medal at the senior world championships of 1982 and 1983, respectively; he also won a gold and a silver medal at the junior world championships in 1979 and 1980.
Uwe Potteck is a German sports shooter and Olympic champion. He won gold medal in the 50 metre pistol at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal. At the Olympics in 1980 he placed 16th, and in 1988 he placed ninth. His brother, Jens Potteck, is also an Olympic shooter.
Marita Sandig is a German rower who won a gold medal in the eights at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She won four world championships from 1977 to 1983, three with Silvia Fröhlich, and came in second twice. She was married to Uwe Gasch, another retired Olympian rower.
Uwe Proske is a German former fencer. He competed in the individual épée event for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Four years later, he won a gold in the team épée event for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Uwe Gensheimer is a German former professional handball player.
Uwe Dünkel is a German former racewalker who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Uwe Raab is a German former professional cyclist born in Wittenberg, East Germany. He is most known for winning the Points classification in the 1990 and 1991 Vuelta a Españas. He also competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Egon Adler was a German cyclist. He won the silver medal in the team time trial event at the 1960 Summer Olympics He was born in Großpösna near Leipzig, Germany.