Jens Carlowitz (born 8 August 1964 in

Karl-Marx-Stadt 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 ...

) is a retired

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sprinter. His personal best time was 44.86 seconds, achieved at the 1989 World Cup in

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. This places him seventh on the German all-time list, 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 ...

, Erwin Skamrahl, Ingo Schultz, Karl Honz, Hartmut Weber and Mathias Schersing.Top 10 lists in German athletics
- Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verband Carlowitz represented the sports club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt.

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* 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Chemnitz Athletes from Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt German male sprinters East German male sprinters Olympic athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Friendship Games medalists in athletics East German Athletics Championships winners SC Karl-Marx-Stadt athletes {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub