Lothar Milde (born 8 November 1934) was an

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athlete who competed mainly in the discus throw. He was born in

Halle an der Saale Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (), is the second largest city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Magdeburg as well as t ...

. Milde competed at three Olympic Games winning the silver medal at the

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, Mexico. He also finished 12th at the 1960 Games in

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, Italy and 14th in qualifying, and therefore not making the final, at the 1964 Games in

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, Japan. Milde also won four medals at the

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References

1934 births Living people Sportspeople from Halle (Saale) German male discus throwers East German male discus throwers Olympic athletes for East Germany Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists SC Chemie Halle athletes Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) East German Athletics Championships winners Athletes from Bezirk Halle {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub