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Place of Birth: Bautzen, Saxony, Germany
About Hagen Melzer
- Hagen Melzer (born 16 June 1959 in Bautzen) is a former East German middle and long distance runner who specialised in the 3000 m steeplechase. He won the gold medal at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart.
- A year later he won the silver medal at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, where he set a national record at 8:10.32 minutes.
- This remained his career best time, and places him second on the German all-time performers list behind Damian Kallabis, who ran in 8:09.48 minutes in 1999.
- At the Olympic Games he finished tenth in 1988 and did not reach the final in 1992. Melzer won seven East German national titles, in 1980, 1983 and the years 1985–1989.
- He represented the sports clubs SC Einheit Dresden and, after the German reunification, Dresdner SC.
- He won the German title in 1991 for his new club.
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