Frank Emmelmann
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Frank Emmelmann (born 15 September 1961 in Schneidlingen) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres.
At the 1982 European Championships he won the 100 metres and finished third in the 200 metres. In the 4 x 100 metres relay he won a silver medal with teammates Thomas Munkelt, Detlef Kübeck and Olaf Prenzler. At the 1986 European Championships he won another silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Thomas Schröder, Steffen Bringmann and Olaf Prenzler.
He represented the sports team SC Magdeburg and became East German 100 m champion in 1981, 1982 and 1985 and 200 m champion in 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988.[1]
His personal 100 m best time of 10.06 seconds, achieved in June 1986 in Berlin, is still the German record. His personal 200 m best time of 20.23 seconds, achieved in August 1985 in Moscow, was the German record until July 2005, when Tobias Unger ran in 20.20.[2]
He married Kirsten Emmelmann, née Siemon.
[edit] References
This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
- ^ East German championships - men's sprints
- ^ http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf
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