Erwin Richard Skamrahl (born 8 March 1958) is a retired German

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athlete who competed in the

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and

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Biography

At the 1982 European Championships he finished fourth in the 200 metres, won a bronze medal in the

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and a gold medal in the

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. Earlier that year he had won the 200 m at the 1982 European Indoor Championships in a new championship record of 21.20 seconds. At the 1983 World Championships he finished fourth in the 400 metres and won a silver medal in the

. He then competed in the 1984 Olympic relay, finished eighth in 400 m at the 1986 European Championships and fifth in 200 m at the 1987 European Indoor Championships. His personal best time in 400 m was 44.50 seconds, achieved in July 1983 in

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. This ranks him second among German 400 m sprinters, only behind

Thomas Schönlebe Thomas Schönlebe (born 6 August 1965) is a retired East German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres. He won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships. In that race, he set a European record of 44.33 seconds which stood ...

who ran 44.33 seconds. In 200 m, his best time was 20.44 seconds, only 0.01 second behind Norbert Dobeleit and Stefan Holz who occupy the top two places on the German all-time ranking.

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* * * 1958 births Living people West German male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany People from Landshut (district) Sportspeople from Lower Bavaria Athletes from Bavaria West German Athletics Championships winners {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub