Lothar Thoms
Lothar Thoms
Personal information
Born(1956-05-18)18 May 1956
Guben, Brandenburg, East Germany
Died5 November 2017(2017-11-05) (aged 61)
Medal record
Men's cycling
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow 1 km time trial
Track World Championships
Gold medal – first place1977 San Cristóbal1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place1978 Munich1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place1979 Amsterdam1 km time trial
Gold medal – first place1981 Brno1 km time trial
Silver medal – second place1982 Leicester1 km time trial
Bronze medal – third place1983 Zurich1 km time trial

Lothar Thoms (18 May 1956 – 5 November 2017) was a track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia.[1] There he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial by marking a new indoor world record.[2] His time of 1'02"955 was more than 2 sec better than the previous record of the same year held by Urs Freuler. He also won four gold medals in the 1 km time trial (amateurs) at the 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981 world championships respectively, thus winning all kilo events at the major international competitions in five consecutive years. In 1981 he was elected East German Sportspersonality of the year.

References

  1. ↑ "Trauer um Lothar Thoms". BDR Medienservice (in German). 7 November 2017. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lothar Thoms". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2015.


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