Ingo Schultz (born 26 July 1975) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

Career

Schultz was born in Lingen. He took up athletics in 1997, and ran his first 400 metres race in 1998, clocking in 49.45 seconds. The next season, he lowered his time to 45.99 s. His personal best time was 44.66 seconds, achieved in the heats at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton. This places him third on the German all-time list, 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 still ...

and

Erwin Skamrahl Erwin Richard Skamrahl (born 8 March 1958) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the 200 and 400 metres. Biography At the 1982 European Championships he finished fourth in the 200 metres, won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 ...

.Top 10 lists in German athletics
– Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verband His personal best

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

time is 20.65 seconds, achieved in August 2002 in Brussels. Schultz represented the sports clubs LG Olympia Dortmund and TSG Bergedorf. He was the German Athletics Champion for three years in a row, from 2002 until 2004.German championships, men's 400 metres
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* 1975 births Living people People from Lingen Sportspeople from Lower Saxony German male sprinters German national athletics champions Olympic athletes of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub