Bernd Dießner
Bernd Dießner (born 16 March 1946 in Aken, Saxony-Anhalt) is a retired East German[1] long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.
He won the silver medal at the
1971 European Championships. He also competed at the 1968 Olympic Games
.
Dießner represented the sports clubs
Vorwärts Berlin and ASK Vorwärts Potsdam and became East German champion in 1968 and 1971.[3] His most prominent personal best times were 7:49.4 in the 3000 metres, achieved in June 1970 in Potsdam,[4] and 13:31.2 in the 5000 metres, achieved in June 1972 in East Berlin.[5]
He also had 3:39.8 in the 1500 metres, achieved in May 1969 in Potsdam, and 28:24.6 in the 10,000 metres, achieved in April 1972 in Potsdam.
After retiring he has worked as a coach in the sports club LAC Erdgas Chemnitz, for André Pollmächer among others. He has also coached Ulrike Bruns (for a very brief period of time), Jens-Peter Herold, Jürgen Straub and Olaf Beyer.
References
- ^ Bernd Dießner Biography and Statistics - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com Archived 19 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1969 European Championships, men's results - Sporting Heroes
- ^ East German championships, men's 5000 m
- ^ World men's all-time best 3000m (last updated 2001)
- ^ World men's all-time best 5000m (last updated 2001)
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