Steffen Görmer (born 28 July 1968) is a retired

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sprinter who specialized in the

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. He represented the sports club SV Halle. He finished fifth at the 1989 IAAF World Cup and eighth at the 1990 European Championships. At the 1993 World Championships he finished sixth in the

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, together with teammates Marc Blume, Robert Kurnicki and Michael Huke. His personal best time was 10.28 seconds, achieved in June 1989 in

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.World men's all-time best 100m
(last updated 2001) He later turned to competing in

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, and participated at the

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where he finished eighth in the four-man event with teammates Harald Czudaj, Torsten Voss (another former athlete) and Alexander Szelig.

References

1968 births Living people German male sprinters German male bobsledders Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic bobsledders for Germany SC Chemie Halle athletes East German male sprinters Sportspeople from Merseburg Athletes from Bezirk Halle East German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-bobsleigh-bio-stub