During a glorious career the polite, articulate German won a staggering total of six gold, five silver and one bronze medal to boast an enviable record at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Today Wessinghage, 54, is manager of a large re-hab clinic which deals with orthopedic
disorders in Damp in northern Germany by the Baltic coast. He still runs five times
a week and regularly competes in marathons. This year he plans to run in London
and New York and in his last appearance in the English capital two years ago he ran a highly respectable 2:55.

Thomas served as our coach in Germany.