Thomas Schönlebe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Thomas Schönlebe

German sprinter

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1965

Place of Birth: Frauenstein, Saxony, Germany

Profession: sprinter, athletics competitor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Thomas Schönlebe (born 6 August 1965) is a retired East German track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres.
He won the gold medal at the 1987 World Championships.
In that race, he set a European record of 44.33 seconds which still stands as of 2019. A year earlier, Schönlebe had finished second at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart behind Roger Black.
One of his last achievements was the third place at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart with the (now unified) German 4 × 400 m relay team. Schönlebe achieved three world indoor records during his career: 45.41 s in the 400 m on 9th February 1986; 45.05 s in 400 m on 5th February 1988; 3:03.05 in 4x400 m relay as a member of a German team on 10 March 1991.Note: Schönlebe's first record has the distinction of being the inaugural record at the distance when the IAAF established the category of world indoor records on January 1 1987. Schönlebe later became chief executive officer of his hometown club, LAC Erdgas Chemnitz In 1994, he was the awarded the Rudolf Harbig Memorial Award.