Dieter Fromm

Dieter Fromm

Personal information
Born	21 April 1948 (1948-04-21) (age 77) Bad Langensalza, Germany
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	800 m
Club	SC Turbine Erfurt
Achievements and titles
Personal best	1:45.4 (1972)[1]

Dieter Fromm (born 21 April 1948) is a retired East German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He held the indoor 800 m world record for over ten years.^[2][3][4]

His career ended abruptly in 1976 when, in a race ahead of the 1976 Summer Olympics, for which Fromm was qualified, another runner tread on and damaged his achilles tendon.

He competed for the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt during his active career. His son Alexander married the Olympic sprinter Uta Rohländer.^[5]

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
1966	European Junior Championships	Odessa, Soviet Union	2nd
1968	Olympic Games	Mexico City, Mexico	6th
1969	European Indoor Games	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	1st	1:46.6 CR
	European Championships	Athens, Greece	1st
1971	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	8th
1974	European Championships	Rome, Italy	7th

References

1. Dieter Fromm. trackfield.brinkster.net
2. "FROM BETTERS 800 INDOOR MARK; East German Does 1:46.6 at European Track Meet". The New York Times. 9 March 1969. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
3. "Olympic Games 1896–2004 Men's 800m Results". sporting-heroes. Retrieved 8 April 2010.
4. "Erfurter Sportler – Dieter Fromm". Erfurt.de (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2010.
5. Dieter Fromm Archived 3 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com