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Born | 13 January 1954 Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony, East Germany |
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Died | 29 November 2016 | (aged 62)||||||||||||
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Alexander Thieme (13 January 1954 – 29 November 2016) was an East German athlete, who competed mainly in the 100 metres. Thieme was born in Karl-Marx-Stadt, Saxony. He competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the silver medal alongside his team mates Manfred Kokot, Jörg Pfeifer and Klaus-Dieter Kurrat.