Hans-Georg Reimann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Hans-Georg Reimann

East German race walker

Date of Birth: 24-Aug-1941

Place of Birth: Klaipėda, Klaipėda County, Lithuania

Profession: athletics competitor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Hans-Georg Reimann (born 24 August 1941 in Starrischken, Municipality Heydekrug) is a former East German race walker, who started for the SC Dynamo Berlin and the GDR and won two Olympic medals in 20 km racewalking.
He finished third at the Olympic summer games 1972 in Munich (1:27:17 hours) and finished second at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal (1:25:14 hours).He won the silver medal (1:36:14.2 hours) at the 1962 European Championships.
He - synchronously with Peter Frenkel - went a world record (1:25:19.4 hours).
Four years later and he was flag bearer of the GDR team at the opening of the Olympic Games, 1976.Reimann became first an engineer for measuring and automatic control.
After end of its sportsman career he worked as trainer for racewalkers.
After the end of the GDR he became a pharmacy representative and pulled after Neufahrn bei Freising).
Reimann started for SC Dynamo Berlin and trained with Max Weber.
In its match time he was 1.80 meters large and weighed 65 kg.