Frank Baumgartl, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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East German athlete
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Place of Birth: Bad Schlema, Saxony, Germany
About Frank Baumgartl
- Frank Baumgartl (29 May 1955 – 26 August 2010) was an East German track and field athlete, who specialised in the 3000 meters steeplechase.
- He was born in Bad Schlema. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal Frank Baumgartl won the Olympic bronze medal in a new personal best time of 8:10.36 minutes.
- Approaching the last obstacle, he was just behind Anders Gärderud of Sweden, who was in the lead.
- Baumgartl seemed even about to pass Gärderud.
- However, as Baumgartl was about to challenge Gärderud for the gold medal, he misjudged the steeple barrier and fell.
- Baumgartl was then passed by Bronislaw Malinowski, a veteran steeplechaser, who took the silver (Malinowski also won the gold in Moscow 1980 Olympic steeplechase) medal.
- Baumgartl recovered, and took the bronze medal.
- Baumgartl's time remained his career best, and places him third on the German all-time performers list behind Damian Kallabis and Hagen Melzer.Baumgartl never became East German champion.
- He competed for the sports club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt during his active career.
- He died in Lake Como, Italy, on 26 August 2010 during a cycling tour from cardiac arrest.
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