Reinhold Soyka (born 22 March 1952) is a retired

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

middle distance runner, who specialized in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or 800 meters (American and British English spelling differences#-re.2C -er, US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of a ...

Competition Results

At the 1973 European Indoor Championships he won a silver medal in the 4 × 720 metres relay, together with Josef Schmid,

Thomas Wessinghage Thomas Wessinghage (born 22 February 1952 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships' final over 5000 metres beating the British world-record holder David Moorc ...

and

Paul-Heinz Wellmann Paul-Heinz Wellmann (born 31 March 1952, in Haiger) is a former West German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres. As a teenager he won the silver medal at the 1970 European Junior Championships. He then finished seventh ...

. He finished sixth in the individual distance at the 1975 European Indoor Championships. He became West German indoor champion in 1975.West German indoor championships, men's 800 metres
- Sport-Komplett

Club Team

In domestic competitions, he represented the sports club LC Bonn.

References

1952 births Living people West German male middle-distance runners {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub