German sprinter
Erwin Richard Skamrahl (born 8 March 1958) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the 200 and 400 metres .
Biography
At the 1982 European Championships he finished fourth in the 200 metres, won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay and a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay . Earlier that year he had won the 200 m at the 1982 European Indoor Championships in a new championship record of 21.20 seconds.
At the 1983 World Championships he finished fourth in the 400 metres and won a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay . He then competed in the 1984 Olympic relay , finished eighth in 400 m at the 1986 European Championships and fifth in 200 m at the 1987 European Indoor Championships .[1]
His personal best time in 400 m was 44.50 seconds, achieved in July 1983 in Munich . This ranks him second among German 400 m sprinters, only behind Thomas Schönlebe who ran 44.33 seconds.[2] In 200 m, his best time was 20.44 seconds, only 0.01 second behind Norbert Dobeleit and Stefan Holz who occupy the top two places on the German all-time ranking.
European Athletics Championships champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay
1934 : Germany (Hamann , Scheele , Voigt , Metzner )
1938 : Germany (Blazejezak , Bues, Linnhoff, Harbig )
1946 : France (Santona, Cros , Chef d'Hôtel , Lunis )
1950 : Great Britain (Pike , Lewis , Scott , Pugh )
1954 : France (Haarhoff , Degats , Martin-du-Gard , Goudeau )
1958 : Great Britain (Sampson , MacIsaac, Wrighton , Salisbury )
1962 : West Germany (Kindermann, Schmitt , Reske , Kinder )
1966 : Poland (Werner , Borowski , Grędziński , Badeński )
1969 : France (Bertould , Nicolau , Carette , Nallet )
1971 : West Germany (Schlöske , Jordan , Jellinghaus , Köhler )
1974 : Great Britain (Cohen , Hartley , Pascoe , Jenkins )
1978 : West Germany (Weppler , Hofmeister , Herrmann , Schmid )
1982 : West Germany (Skamrahl , Schmid , Giessing , Weber )
1986 : Great Britain (Redmond , Akabusi , Whittle , Black )
1990 : Great Britain (Sanders , Akabusi , Regis , Black )
1994 : Great Britain (McKenzie , Black , Whittle , Ladejo )
1998 : Great Britain (Hylton , Baulch , Thomas , Richardson )
2002 : Great Britain (Deacon , Elias , Baulch , Caines )
2006 : France (Djhone , M'Barke , Keïta , Raquil )
2010 : Russia (Dyldin , Aksyonov , Krasnov , Trenikhin )
2012 : Belgium (Gillet , J. Borlée , Bouckaert , K. Borlée )
2014 : Great Britain (Rooney , Bingham , Williams , Hudson-Smith )
2016 : Belgium (Watrin , J. Borlée , D. Borlée , K. Borlée )
2018 : Belgium (D. Borlée , J. Borlée , J. Sacoor , K. Borlée )
2022 : Great Britain (Hudson-Smith , Dobson , Davey , Haydock-Wilson )
European Indoor Champions in men's 200 metres
World Best Year Performance in Men's 400 m
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