Till Helmke (born May 6, 1984 in

Friedberg, Hesse Friedberg (; official name: ''Friedberg (Hessen)'') is a town and the capital of the Wetteraukreis district, in Hesse, Germany. In 1966, the town hosted the sixth '' Hessentag'' state festival, in 1979 the 19th. Geographical location Friedberg is ...

) is a male

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sprint athlete who competes internationally for

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.Athlete biography: Till Helmke
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Helmke represented

Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympics Germany competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, People's Republic of China. A total of 439 athletes were nominated to participate in the Games. The German Olympic Sports Confederation (, ''DOSB'') nominated athletes on 29 May, 23 J ...

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. He competed at the 4x100 metres relay with

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. ...

Alexander Kosenkow Alexander Kosenkow (; born 14 March 1977) is a German sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He represents the sports club TV Wattenscheid. Biography Kosenkow was born in Tokmok, Kirghiz Soviet Socialist Republic, Kirghiz SSR, but represen ...

and Martin Keller. In their qualification heat they placed third behind

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and

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, but in front of

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. Their time of 38.93 was the sixth fastest out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. There they sprinted to a time of 38.58 seconds, which was the fifth time.

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* 1984 births Living people German male sprinters Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Friedberg, Hesse Athletes from Darmstadt (region) 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-sprint-bio-stub

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