Hartwig Gauder is a former German

Germany

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 race walker

Race walking

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Biography

In 1996 Gauda started suffering from a virus infection of his heart. After living with an artificial heart for several months, he received a heart transplant. He has subsequently taken part in the New York Marathon several times. Being classified as a disabled participants due to his transplant, he was once disqualified for being too fast as there was a minimum time, which he underran.

His recovery from almost dying to returning into a normal life was covered in a documentary shown on German documetary channel Phoenix.

Achievements

• Olympic Games
  • 1980 Moscow
    Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
    Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...
    
     - gold
  • 1988 Seoul
    Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
    At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...
    
     - bronze
• World Championships
  • 1987 Rome
    1987 World Championships in Athletics
    The 2nd World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held in the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy between August 28 and September 6, 1987.-Track:1983 | 1987 | 1991 | 1993 | 1995...
    
     - gold
  • 1991 Tokyo
    1991 World Championships in Athletics
    The 3rd World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan between August 23 and September 1 and athletes from 167 countries participated in the event.The event is best-remembered for the...
    
     - bronze
• European Championships
  • 1986 Stuttgart
    1986 European Championships in Athletics
    The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany.-Track:1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994-Field:1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994-Track:...
    
     - gold
  • 1990 Split
    1990 European Championships in Athletics
    The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, a city in Croatia .It was the last participation of East Germany ....
    
    - bronze

External links

• Sporting Heroes
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