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.

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Lothar Thoms

Lothar Thoms
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Born	(1956-05-18)18 May 1956 Guben, Brandenburg, East Germany
Died	5 November 2017(2017-11-05) (aged 61)
Medal record Men's cycling Representing  East Germany Olympic Games 1980 Moscow 1 km time trial Track World Championships 1977 San Cristóbal 1 km time trial 1978 Munich 1 km time trial 1979 Amsterdam 1 km time trial 1981 Brno 1 km time trial 1982 Leicester 1 km time trial 1983 Zurich 1 km time trial

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