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Birth Name:

Thomas Wessinghage

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Feb 22, 1952

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Age:

72

Zodiac Sign:

Pisces

Astrology Data:

Sun

2°

Pis

46'

About Thomas Wessinghage

Thomas Wessinghage (born 22 February 1952 in Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former middle- and long-distance runner who won the 1982 European Championships' final over 5000 metres beating the British world-record holder David Moorcroft. Because he was already thirty at the time, and had been an international-level runner for a decade, this victory was a long-awaited one for him. He admitted that he decided to run the 5,000 metres instead of the 1,500 metres, because he lost to Ovett and Coe so often in the shorter distance. The fairly slow pace of the 1982 European Athletics Championships 5,000-metre final favoured Wessinghage, because he was in top form - having set a European record at 2,000 metres shortly before the Championships - and because he was the fastest 1,500-metre runner in the final, having run that distance in 3 minutes 31.6 seconds in 1980. Shortly after he started his final sprint with over 250 metres to go, Wessinghage moved into a decisive lead, stretching it into five metres by 4,800 metres and almost doubling it by 4,900 metres (see, for example, "The Thousand Stars of Athletics" / Yleisurheilun tuhat tähteä, written by Matti Hannus and published in Finland in 1983; Pat Butcher, The Perfect Distance: Ovett&Coe: The Record-Breaking Rivalry, London: Weidenfeld&Nicolson, 2004; "The Major Events of Top Sports Until 1982" / Huippu-urheilun suuret tapahtumat vuoteen 1982 asti, published in Finland in 1982; "The Great European Championships Book" / Suuri EM-kirja, published in Finland in 1990; see tommytempo1's video about the race's last two laps on YouTube with the search words "Thomas Wessinghage").

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External Links:

• Thomas Wessinghage at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Thomas Wessinghage: Sun 2 Pisces, Moon 22 Capricorn, Mercury 3 Pisces, Venus 1 Aquarius, Mars 13 Scorpio, Jupiter 14 Aries, Saturn 14 Libra, Uranus 10 Cancer, Neptune 21 Libra, Pluto 20 Leo, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Semi Sextile Venus, Mercury Semi Sextile Venus, Mars Quincunx Jupiter, Mars Semi Sextile Saturn, Mars Trine Uranus, Jupiter Opposition Saturn, Jupiter Square Uranus, Saturn Square Uranus, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Thomas Wessinghage: Living people, 1952 births, Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics, February 22 births, Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics, Olympic athletes of West Germany, Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field), European Athletics Championships medalists, Medalists at the 1975 Summer Universiade, World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany, Sportspeople from Hagen, Universiade gold medalists for West Germany, German male long-distance runners, German male middle-distance runners