Michael Droese (born 9 August 1952 in
Ueckermünde
Ueckermünde () is a seaport town in northeast Germany, located in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, Pomerania, Western Pomerania, near Germany's border with Poland's Police County.
Ueckermünde has a long and varied history, going back to ...
) is a former sprinter who specialized in the
100 metres
The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at ...
. He represented
East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on ...
and competed for the club
SC Motor Jena.
He won the bronze medal in
4 × 100 metres relay
The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in the same stagger as for the indiv ...
at the
1974 European Championships together with teammates
Manfred Kokot,
Hans-Jürgen Bombach
Hans-Jürgen Bombach (born 11 August 1945, in Wehrsdorf) is a former sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. He represented East Germany and competed for the club SC Dynamo Berlin.
On 20 July 1973 he established a new European re ...
and
Siegfried Schenke
Siegfried Schenke (born 6 May 1943, in Sitzendorf) is a former sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres event. He represented East Germany
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central ...
.
Records
References
1952 births
Living people
People from Ueckermünde
Sportspeople from Bezirk Neubrandenburg
East German male sprinters
European Athletics Championships medalists
Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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