Axel Noack (born 23 September 1961 in

Görlitz Görlitz (; ; ; ; ; Lusatian dialects, East Lusatian: , , ) is a town in the Germany, German state of Saxony. It is on the river Lusatian Neisse and is the largest town in Upper Lusatia, the second-largest town in the region of Lusatia after ...

) is a German former

race walker Race walking, or racewalking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Race judges carefully asses ...

. On 21 June 1987 in

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...

he achieved a new world best time in 20 km walk with 1'19:12 hours.

International competitions

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* 1961 births Living people East German male race walkers German male race walkers Olympic athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany World record setters in athletics (track and field) Sportspeople from Görlitz Athletes from Saxony East German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-racewalk-bio-stub