Norbert Dobeleit (born 17 July 1964) is a German television personality and retired athlete. During his active career he represented

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

and specialized in the

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and

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Biography

Dobeleit was born in

Renchen Renchen () is a small city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, part of the district of Ortenau. Geography Renchen is located in the foothills of the northern Black Forest at the entrance to the Rench valley at the edge of the Upper Rhine River Plains ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

. At the 1987 World Championships he placed fifth 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 ...

and fourth in

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track and field, track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of ...

. At the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

held in

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he helped win the

bronze medal with his teammates

Edgar Itt Edgar Itt (born 8 June 1967) is a retired West German athlete. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international ...

, Jörg Vaihinger and

Ralf Lübke Ralf Lübke (born 17 June 1965 in Mülheim an der Ruhr) is a retired West German athlete who specialized in the 200 metres. Biography At the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea he helped win the 4 × 400 metres relay bronze m ...

. He won the 400 m race at the 1990 European Indoor Championships, and at the 1990 European Championships he finished fifth in 400 m and second in 4 × 400 m relay with teammates Klaus Just, Edgar Itt and

Carsten Köhrbrück Carsten Köhrbrück (born 19 November 1967) is a retired German hurdler. Köhrbrück was born in Dortmund. He won the bronze medal at the 1985 European Junior Championships. He won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1990 European ...

. His personal best time was 20.43 seconds, achieved in July 1987 in

Rhede Rhede () is a municipality in the district of Borken in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located near the border with the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern ...

. This ranks him ninth among German 200 m sprinters, behind

Tobias Unger Tobias Benjamin Unger (born 10 July 1979) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in sprints. Biography Unger comes from Wendlingen am Neckar and studied sport science at the University of Tübingen and trained in Ludwigsburg. ...

Frank Emmelmann Frank Emmelmann (born 15 September 1961 in Groß Börnecke) is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres. Biography In 1981, Emmelmann finished 2nd in the European cup final in the 100 metres to the 1980 Moscow ...

Sebastian Ernst Sebastian Ernst (born 11 October 1984 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200m ...

Eugen Ray Eugen Ray (26 July 1957 in Gerbstedt, Bezirk Halle, East Germany – 18 January 1986 in Leipzig, East Germany) was an East German sprinter who ran in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Biography Ray established himself in the elite of world sprin ...

Jürgen Evers Jürgen Evers (born 29 April 1964 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. He won the silver medal in 200 m at the 1986 European Championships. In the 4 × 100 metres relay event he ...

Bernhard Hoff Bernard Hoff (born 10 January 1959) is a former East German sprinter who specialised in the 200 metres. Biography In 1977 he was European Junior 200-metre champion and 4×400 metres; he also won a Silver in 4×100 metres and Bronze in the 100 ...

and

Hans-Joachim Zenk Hans-Joachim Zenk (born 3 June 1952) is a German sprinter. He competed in the men's 200 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich ...

. After retiring he has worked as a television presenter in the German media. Norbert Dobeleit was married to Swiss television presenter Tamara Sedmak and they have a son named Julius, born in June 2011. They are now separated.

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* * * 1964 births Living people People from Ortenaukreis West German male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany German television presenters European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes from Freiburg (region) West German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub