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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 17,992 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Lothar Thoms is the 381st most popular cyclist (up from 383rd in 2019), the 5,070th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,472nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Lothar Thoms ranks 381 out of 1,214Before him are Jørgen Marcussen, Luc Leblanc, Theodor Leupold, Rein Taaramäe, George Hincapie, and Laurent Dufaux. After him are Romāns Vainšteins, Robert Dill-Bundi, Jürgen Colombo, Geraint Thomas, Jürgen Kissner, and Kim Kirchen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Lothar Thoms ranks 527Before him are Gerry Peyton, Charalambos Cholidis, Dinah Manoff, Lubomír Zaorálek, Vadão, and Jānis Bojārs. After him are Hart Bochner, Elisa Carrió, Christiane Wartenberg, Paramanga Ernest Yonli, Charlie Baker, and Patricia Kalember. Among people deceased in 2017, Lothar Thoms ranks 545Before him are Ryszard Parulski, Darrall Imhoff, Ninian Stephen, David Axelrod, Ian Stewart, and Wilfried. After him are Anne Jeffreys, Nancy Dupree, Javier Valdez Cárdenas, Warrel Dane, Ben Barres, and Tino Insana.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lothar Thoms ranks 5,070 out of 6,142Before him are Julia Jentsch (1978), David Kross (1990), Tom Schilling (1982), Andrea Henkel (1977), Fabian Ernst (1979), and Thomas Brussig (1964). After him are Steffen Baumgart (1972), Ulrike Richter (1959), Simon Rolfes (1982), Christiane Wartenberg (1956), Alexander Gerst (1976), and Erik Durm (1992).

Among CYCLISTS In Germany

Among cyclists born in Germany, Lothar Thoms ranks 19Before him are Uwe Ampler (1964), Andreas Klöden (1975), Jens Voigt (1971), Gregor Braun (1955), André Greipel (1982), and Theodor Leupold (null). After him are Jürgen Kissner (1942), Günter Haritz (1948), Günther Schumacher (1949), Marcel Kittel (1988), Rolf Gölz (1962), and Lutz Heßlich (1959).