Hans-Peter Ferner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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German middle distance runner
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Place of Birth: Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria, Germany
About Hans-Peter Ferner
- Hans-Peter Ferner (born 6 June 1956 in Neuburg an der Donau, Bavaria) is a (West) German former middle distance runner who won the gold medal over 800 m at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens where he unexpectedly defeated world-record holder Sebastian Coe.
- Those were Ferner's second and last European Athletics Championships, because he had competed already in the 1978 European Championships in Prague, where he had been eliminated in the 800-metre heats or semifinals.
- Coe had suffered from injuries and a glandular sickness which made him underachieve in Athens.
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