Jürgen Straub
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | Moscow 1980 | 1500 metres | |
Jürgen Straub (born November 3, 1953 in Weitersroda) is a former East German middle distance runner who specialized in the 1500 metres.
He won a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics over 1500 metres representing East Germany. In that race Straub surprisingly defeated Steve Ovett of the UK who came third. Straub also finished third at the 1977 and 1979 IAAF World Cups.
Straub set his personal best over 1500 m in Potsdam in 1979 with a time of 3:33.68 min. This result places him sixth on the German all-time performers list, behind Thomas Wessinghage, Harald Hudak, Jens-Peter Herold, Dieter Baumann and Rüdiger Stenzel.[1]
Straub was an excellent 3000 m steeplechaser as well, winning three East German national titles over that distance.[2] He competed for the sports club ASK Vorwärts Potsdam during his active career.
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