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Christoph Höhne (born 12 February 1941 in Borsdorf, Saxony) is a racewalker of the SV Dynamo. He competed at 50 km for East Germany in the 1960s and 1970s. He was trained by Max Weber.

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Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
	1968 Mexico City	50 km walk
European Championships
	1969 Athens	50 km walk
	1974 Rome	50 km walk
	1971 Helsinki	50 km walk
World Race Walking Cup
	1965 Pescara	50 km walk
	1967 Bad Saarow	50 km walk
	1970 Eschborn	50 km walk
	1973 Lugano	50 km walk

Höhne won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics at Mexico City and participated in the Olympics in 1964 and 1972. His Olympic victory made history as his margin of victory was over ten minutes. He participated in an episode of the cold war in sports at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich: On the evening before the race, East German officials received an anonymous tip that he wanted to defect during the 50 km race. They did not believe the allegations, but Höhne went to the start line unnerved and finished in fourteenth place.

Höhne won twice at the European Championships (in 1969 and 1974). He won the IAAF World Race Walking Cup at 50 km in 1965, 1967 and, 1970 and came in third in 1973.

After his sports career, he studied photography and became a well known sports photographer in East Germany. Among other things, he received a gold medal at the International Sports Photography Exhibition in Reus, Spain in 1978. After the unification of Germany, he has done freelance photography for the daily newspapers Junge Welt and Sportecho.

Note:

• His place of birth is reported as Machern profile (in German)
• or as Borsdorf 1941 at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 April 2006) (in German) both in Saxony

References

• Christoph Höhne at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

External links

• Christoph Höhne at the International Olympic Committee

На других языках

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- [en] Christoph Höhne

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[es] Christoph Höhne

Christoph Höhne (Borgsdorf, Alemania, 12 de febrero de 1941) es un atleta marchador alemán, especialista en la prueba de 50 kilómetros marcha, que compitió por la República Democrática Alemana.

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[fr] Christoph Höhne

Christoph Höhne, né le 12 janvier 1941 à Borsdorf (État libre de Saxe), est un athlète allemand qui faisait partie des meilleurs spécialistes de la marche dans les années 1960 et 1970. Il a été champion olympique et double champion d'Europe pour la République démocratique allemande.

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[it] Christoph Höhne

Christoph Höhne (Borsdorf, 12 febbraio 1941) è un ex marciatore tedesco, specializzato nella 50 km.

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[ru] Хёне, Кристоф

Кристоф Хёне (нем. Christoph Höhne; род. 12 февраля 1941, Борсдорф, Свободное государство Пруссия) — восточно-германский легкоатлет (спортивная ходьба), чемпион и призёр чемпионатов Европы и Кубков мира, чемпион летних Олимпийских игр 1968 года в Мехико, участник трёх Олимпиад, рекордсмен мира.

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