Bodo Tümmler
German middle distance runner
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| Intro | German middle distance runner | |
| Places | Germany | |
| is | Runner Athlete Middle-distance runner | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 8 December 1943, Toruń | |
| Age | 81 years | |
| Star sign | Sagittarius |
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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.
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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.