Sven Matthes
Sven Matthes ( born August 23, 1969 in Berlin ) is a former, German track and field athlete of the Sprint short distance from the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the junior world indoor record in the 60 - meter race for 13 years between 1988 and 2001 with a time of 6.53 seconds held and this still represents German indoor record for over twenty-four years. He participated in the Olympic Games, World Championships, European Championships, IAAF World Cup and European Cup in Athletics ( track and field team championship today ) for the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in part. He also won nine GDR Champion title.
Career
Already ten years Sven Matthes began at the SG Dynamo Hohenschonhausen (from 1990 SV Preußen Berlin), the club where his father was coach, with regular running training. He quickly came to the first successes. When the Berlin Championships 1980, he won the 60 - meter race with a new record time of 8.1 s The Children 's and Youth in the GDR in 1985 he was first in the 100 and 200 meters. At the Junior World Championships in 1986, the then 16 -year-old was already part of the national team. At the Junior European Championships 1987 in Birmingham, he won bronze in the 100 - meter dash and the 4 x 100 - meter relay. On August 23, 1987 Matthes won the 100 -meter run at the Youth competitions of friendship in Havana with a new DDR record in 10.35 s in the indoor season, he improved on 13 February in Vienna in 1988 the Junior World Record and the German 60 - meter record to 6.53 s Fourteen days later he won the East German championship title in the hall with the seniors in 6.66 s on the first weekend in March 1988 found in Budapest the European Indoor Championships, in Matthes in the semifinals and in the finals each 6.60 s ran. Three hundredths of a second behind the winner Linford Christie he was in the final coincided with the Belgians Ronald Desruelles and the Bulgarians Valentin Atanasov, after photo finish decision took Matthes but only fourth place. The end of June Matthes won in 10.19 seconds at the GDR championships in the 100 - meter race of the seniors and presented in the semifinals a new European junior record in 10.18 s. End of July, won at the Junior World Championships in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada Matthes about 100 meters silver behind Andre Cason, finished third in 200 -meter run, reaching fifth place in the relay to fourth place.
On September 13, Matthes improved in Berlin with 10.14 s its own European Junior record. A week later, Matthes arbitration in Seoul in the semifinals of the Olympic Games in 10.36 s with a 17th place out.
On June 22, 1989 Matthes improved his personal best to 10.11 s In the GDR championships, he finished in 10.35 s second behind Steffen Bringmann. In 1990 he came second behind Steffen Görmer in the hall. At the European Championships in 1990 in Split last time went to a DDR relay at major championships, after rod loss did not reach the goal. 1992 Matthes was behind Steffen Görmer German runner-up in the hall. At the European Indoor Championships in Palas port of Genoa in Genoa, he left in the semifinals.
Sven Matthes competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin, from 1991, he took up for the SV Preußen Berlin. At a height of 1.88 m his competition weight was 80 kg.