Dieter Runkel

{{short description|Swiss cyclist}}

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| name = Dieter Runkel

| image = Dieter_Runkel.jpg

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| caption = Dieter Runkel (right) during the 1993 Tour de France

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|12|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Obergösgen, Switzerland

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| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = {{ubl|Cyclo-cross|Road}}

| role = Rider

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| proyears1 = 1993–1994

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TLJ|1993}}

| proyears2 = 1995

| proteam2 = Gerber

| proyears3 = 1995

| proteam3 = Scott

| proyears4 = 1995–1997

| proteam4 = Saeco–Wheeler

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{{MedalSport|Men's cyclo-cross}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1995 Eschenbach|Elite race}}

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Dieter Runkel (born 21 December 1966 in Obergösgen) is a Swiss former cyclist.{{cite web | url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=175498 | title=Dieter Runkel | work=ProCyclingStats | accessdate=24 June 2017}}

Specializing in cyclo-cross, he won the UCI World Cyclo-cross Championships in 1995. He also rode in the 1993 Tour de France, finishing in 131st position.