Christoph Herle

Christoph Herle (born 19 November 1955 in Königstein im Taunus, Hessen) is a retired West German long-distance runner who specialized in the 10000 metres and cross-country running. His first major international track race occurred in the 1978 European Athletics Championships in Prague, former Czechoslovakia, where he placed fourteenth in the 5,000-metre final (see Tapio Pekola et al., eds., "European Championships Prague" / EM-Praha, Kaarina, Finland: Publications Company Runner / Juoksija, 1978). He ran slightly better in the 1982 European Athletics Championships 5,000-metre final in Athens, Greece, placing thirteenth (see Markku Siukonen and Matti Aho, eds., "The Great European Championships Book" / Suuri EM-kirja, Jyväskylä, Finland: Sportti Kustannus / Sport Publications Oy / Ltd., 1990). Herle ran best in 1983 and 1984, placing eighth at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres in Helsinki, Finland (see, for example, Mikko S. Laitinen et al., eds., "World Athletics Championships 1983" / Yleisurheilun maailmanmestaruuskilpailut 1983, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA: International Sport Publications, 1983), and fifth at the final in the Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 metres final in Los Angeles, the United States (see, for example, "The Big Olympic Book 4" / Suuri Olympiateos 4, published in Finland in 1984). He never managed to break through to the very top of international long-distance runners, however. His final major international championships race was the 1986 European Athletics Championships 10,000-metre race in Stuttgart, then West Germany, where he placed a disappointed fifteenth (see Siukonen and Aho, eds., "The Great European Championships Book").

Achievements[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  West Germany
1978	World Cross Country Championships	Glasgow, Scotland	16th	Long race
			7th	Team
1979	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	2nd	3000 m[1]
	World Cross Country Championships	Limerick, Ireland	16th	Long race
			4th	Team
1981	European Indoor Championships	Grenoble, France	5th	3000 m[2]
1983	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	8th	10,000 m
1984	World Cross Country Championships	New York City, United States	12th	Long race
			11th	Team
	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	5th	10,000 m[3]
1985	World Indoor Games	Paris, France	7th	3000 m
	World Cross Country Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	7th	Long race
			11th	Team

References[]

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christoph Herle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• Christoph Herle at World Athletics

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