Gerhard Sperling

Gerhard Sperling (born 25 November 1937 in Berlin) is an East German former race walker.

Sperling represented the sports club TSC Berlin and became East German champion over 20 km in 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1971.[1]

He competed at the Deaflympics in 1961, 1969 and 1977 and has won five medals including three gold medals[2]

International competitions
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
1964 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 9th 20 km
1965 World Race Walking Cup Pescara, Italy 3rd 20 km
1966 European Championships Budapest, Hungary 4th 20 km
1968 Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico 5th 20 km
1969 European Championships Athens, Greece 4th 20 km
1971 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 2nd 20 km
1972 Olympic Games Munich, West Germany 4th 20 km

See also

References
  1. East German championships, men's 20 km walk Archived 19 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Athletes | Deaflympics". www.deaflympics.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.


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