Bodo Tümmler

Bodo Tümmler
Personal information
Born 8 December 1943 (1943-12-08) (age 72)
Toruń, Poland
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 1500 m
Club SC Charlottenburg, Berlin
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 3:36.5 (1968)

Bodo Tümmler (born 8 December 1943) is a German former middle-distance runner. He competed for West Germany at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in the 1500 m event, and won a bronze medal in 1968.[1]

Biography

Tümmler was born in Thorn, West-Prussia, now Toruń, Poland. He entered the 1968 Olympics as the reigning European Champion. The 1500 m final was run at a fast pace and at the start of the last lap the eventual Olympic Champion Kipchoge Keino had already established a substantial lead. Tümmler and his countryman Harald Norpoth were in second and third place but were outsprinted by the world-record holder Jim Ryun on the last lap.[2]

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