Английская Википедия:Christoph Höhne
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Christoph Höhne (born 12 February 1941 in Borsdorf, Saxony) is a racewalker who competed in the 50 km walk for East Germany in the 1960s and 1970s.
Career
Höhne won the gold medal in the 50 km walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and participated in the Olympics in 1964 and 1972. His Olympic victory made history as his margin of victory was over ten minutes.
He participated in an episode of the cold war in sports at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. On the evening before the race, East German officials received an anonymous tip that he wanted to defect during the 50 km race. They did not believe the allegations, but Höhne went to the start line unnerved and finished in fourteenth place.
Höhne won gold in the 50 km walk at the European Championships in 1969 and 1974, and a silver in 1971.
He won the IAAF World Race Walking Cup in the 50 km walk in 1965, 1967 and 1970, and came in third in 1973.
During his career Höhne competed for the SV Dynamo sports club and was trained by Max Weber.
Post-career
After his sports career, Höhne studied photography and became a well known sports photographer in East Germany. Among other things, he received a gold medal at the International Sports Photography Exhibition in Reus, Spain in 1978.
After the unification of Germany, he has done freelance photography for the daily newspapers Junge Welt and Sportecho.
Note
Höhne's place of birth is reported as Machern profile Шаблон:In lang or as Borsdorf Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:In lang both in Saxony.
References
External links
Шаблон:Footer Olympic Champions 50 km Walk Men
Шаблон:Footer European Champions 50 km Walk Men
Шаблон:Footer IAAF World Walking Cup Men
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- Английская Википедия
- 1941 births
- Living people
- People from Leipzig (district)
- East German male racewalkers
- Athletes from Saxony
- Photographers from Saxony
- Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic athletes for East Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver
- World Athletics Race Walking Team Championships winners
- East German Athletics Championships winners
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