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Lothar Thoms

1956 - 2017

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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. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial by marking a new indoor world record. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lothar Thoms is the 277th most popular cyclist (up from 429th in 2019), the 5,099th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,761st in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Lothar Thoms ranks 277 out of 1,613. Before him are Fernand Decanali, Pasquale Fornara, Václav Machek, Vasco Bergamaschi, Antonio Suárez, and Paolo Bettini. After him are Gianni Bugno, Dino Bruni, Jesús Loroño, Cadel Evans, Piotr Ugrumov, and Dunc Gray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Lothar Thoms ranks 411. Before him are Mina Ahadi, Hernán Darío Gómez, Ingrid Kristiansen, Abdulbaset Sieda, Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, and Aden Madobe. After him are Barbara Bonney, Leonid Taranenko, Berit Aunli, Richard Tyson, Liam Brady, and Chris Ellis. Among people deceased in 2017, Lothar Thoms ranks 458. Before him are Adolph Kiefer, Paul Falk, Françoise Héritier, Rodrigo Valdez, Viktor Chanov, and Aníbal Ruiz. After him are Nancy Dupree, Laurynas Stankevičius, Habib Thiam, Lil Peep, Antonio Spallino, and Della Reese.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lothar Thoms ranks 5,102 out of 7,253. Before him are Hansjörg Felmy (1931), Götz Otto (1967), Jörg Drehmel (1945), Ilke Wyludda (1969), Christian Danner (1958), and Ellen Allien (1968). After him are Uli Stein (1954), Ilse Bing (1899), Friedhelm Funkel (1953), Julia Klöckner (1972), Franz Pfnür (1908), and Richard Rado (1906).

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Among CYCLISTS In Germany

Among cyclists born in Germany, Lothar Thoms ranks 12. Before him are Heinz Müller (1924), Willi Fuggerer (1941), Dietrich Thurau (1954), Toni Merkens (1912), Jürgen Kissner (1942), and Joseph Rosemeyer (1872). After him are Gregor Braun (1955), Gustav-Adolf Schur (1931), Olaf Ludwig (1960), Günther Schumacher (1949), Erik Zabel (1970), and Hans Lutz (1949).

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