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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lothar Thoms has received more than 18,912 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lothar Thoms is the 429th most popular cyclist (down from 381st in 2019), the 5,760th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,053rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Lothar Thoms ranks 429 out of 1,613. Before him are Franciszek Szymczyk, Maurice Perrin, Damiano Cunego, Romāns Vainšteins, Thibaut Pinot, and Marianne Vos. After him are Raúl Alcalá, Bradley Wiggins, Robert Dill-Bundi, Iban Mayo, José María Jiménez, and Luc Leblanc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Lothar Thoms ranks 586. Before him are Gerardo Miranda, Chéri Samba, Michele Bachmann, Fernando Quirarte, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Theodoros Kontidis. After him are Dinah Manoff, Vasile Pușcașu, Brahmanandam, Uri Caine, Mani Ratnam, and Larry Charles. Among people deceased in 2017, Lothar Thoms ranks 585. Before him are Zdeněk Šreiner, Denis Johnson, Nicole Bricq, Viktor Kupreichik, František Ševčík, and Hugo Dollheiser. After him are Maria Verónica Reina, Monty Hall, Ninian Stephen, Wilfried, Frank Brian, and Anne Jeffreys.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lothar Thoms ranks 5,760 out of 7,253. Before him are Sven Fischer (1971), Vincenzo Italiano (1977), Karl-Hans Riehm (1951), Nico Schlotterbeck (1999), Alexander Hacke (1965), and Detlev Buck (1962). After him are Diego Contento (1990), Stefan Klos (1971), Jonathan Tah (1996), Kim Petras (1992), Marco Pezzaiuoli (1968), and Sabine John (1957).

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Among CYCLISTS In Germany

Among cyclists born in Germany, Lothar Thoms ranks 25. Before him are Tony Martin (1985), Andreas Klöden (1975), André Greipel (1982), Theodor Leupold (null), Gregor Braun (1955), and Günther Schumacher (1949). After him are Uwe Peschel (1968), Günter Haritz (1948), Sabine Spitz (1971), Hans Lutz (1949), Lutz Heßlich (1959), and Rolf Gölz (1962).

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