Jens Carlowitz

{{Short description|East German sprinter (born 1964)}}

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Jens Carlowitz (born 8 August 1964 in Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a retired East German sprinter.

His personal best time was 44.86 seconds, achieved at the 1989 World Cup in Barcelona. This places him seventh on the German all-time list, behind Thomas Schönlebe, Erwin Skamrahl, Ingo Schultz, Karl Honz, Hartmut Weber and Mathias Schersing.[http://www.leichtathletik.de/image.php?AID=9315&VID=0 Top 10 lists in German athletics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090927180550/http://www.leichtathletik.de/image.php?AID=9315&VID=0 |date=2009-09-27 }} - Deutschen Leichtathletik-Verband

Carlowitz represented the sports club SC Karl-Marx-Stadt.

Achievements

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colspan="6"|Representing {{GDR}}
1981

|European Junior Championships

|Utrecht, Netherlands

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|400 m

|47.40

1983

|European Junior Championships

|Schwechat, Austria

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|400 m

|45.72

1984

|Friendship Games

|Moscow, Soviet Union

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:00.47

rowspan=2|1988

|European Indoor Championships

|Budapest, Hungary

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|400 m

|45.63

Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea

|4th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:01.13

1989

|World Cup

|Barcelona, Spain

|5th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:02.72

rowspan=3|1990

|European Indoor Championships

|Glasgow, Scotland

|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd

|400 m

|46.09

rowspan=2|European Championships

|rowspan=2|Split, Yugoslavia

|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|400m

|45.27

bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:01.51

colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}}
rowspan=2|1991

|World Indoor Championships

|Seville, Spain

|bgcolor="gold" | 1st

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:03.05

World Championships

|Tokyo, Japan

|6th

|4 × 400 m relay

|3:00.75

References