Axel Noack (born 23 September 1961 in

Görlitz Görlitz (; pl, Zgorzelec, hsb, Zhorjelc, cz, Zhořelec, East Lusatian dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', ''Gerltsch'') is a town in the German state of Saxony. It is located on the Lusatian Neisse River, and is the largest town in Upper Lusa ...

) is a German former

race walker Racewalking, or race walking, 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 asse ...

. On 21 June 1987 in Chemnitz he achieved a new world best time in 20 km walk with 1'19:12 hours.

International competitions

References

* 1961 births Living people East German male racewalkers German male racewalkers 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 {{Germany-racewalk-bio-stub