German cyclist Bernd Dittert won the bronze medal in the individual track pursuit at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, representing East Germany. At Barcelona in 1992 he won the gold medal in the 100 km team time trial, now representing re-unified Germany. The team members were awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. In 1981 Dittert won the team pursuit world title, and in 1983 and 1986 silver medals.
Dittert also won six individual pursuit East German national titles. He later turned to coaching and became chief national road cycling coach in Germany from 2000-06. From 2006-11 he was chief national Under-23 coach. In 2015 he opened a physiotherapist practice with non-Olympian cyclist Anke Wichmann at Paguera (Mallorca).
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