Norbert Dobeleit

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Norbert Dobeleit (born 17 July 1964) is a German television personality and retired athlete. During his active career he represented West Germany and specialized in the 200 and 400 metres.

Biography

Dobeleit was born in Renchen, Baden-Württemberg. At the 1987 World Championships he placed fifth in 4 × 100 metres relay and fourth in 4 × 400 metres relay. At the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea he helped win the 4 × 400 metres relay bronze medal with his teammates Edgar Itt, Jörg Vaihinger and Ralf Lübke.{{cite Sports-Reference}}

He won the 400 m race at the 1990 European Indoor Championships, and at the 1990 European Championships he finished fifth in 400 m and second in 4 × 400 m relay with teammates Klaus Just, Edgar Itt and Carsten Köhrbrück.

His personal best time was 20.43 seconds, achieved in July 1987 in Rhede. This ranks him ninth among German 200 m sprinters, behind Tobias Unger, Frank Emmelmann, Sebastian Ernst, Eugen Ray, Jürgen Evers, Ralf Lübke, Bernhard Hoff and Hans-Joachim Zenk.{{cite web |url=http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |title="Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik |trans-title="Eternal" list of the best in German athletics |website=leichtathletik.de |language=de |publisher=Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2007}}

After retiring he has worked as a television presenter in the German media.

Norbert Dobeleit was married to Swiss television presenter Tamara Sedmak and they have a son named Julius, born in June 2011. They are now separated.

References

External links

{{World Athletics}}
{{Olympics.com profile|norbert-dobeleit}}
{{Olympedia|70204}}

Category:1964 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Ortenaukreis

Category:West German male sprinters

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic athletes for West Germany

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany

Category:German television presenters

Category:European Athletics Championships medalists

Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)

Category:Athletes from Freiburg (region)

Category:West German Athletics Championships winners