Jürgen Evers is a retired West German

West Germany

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 sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres

200 metres

A 200 metres race is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 m track, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques are needed to successfully run the race. A slightly shorter race, called the stadion and run on a straight track, was the first...

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He won the silver medal in 200 m at the 1986 European Championships

1986 European Championships in Athletics

The 14th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 to 31 August 1986 at the Neckarstadion in Stuttgart, a city in West Germany.-Track:1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994-Field:1978 | 1982 | 1986 | 1990 | 1994-Track:...

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In the 4 x 100 metres relay

4 x 100 metres relay

The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners begin in the same stagger as for the individual 400 m race...

 event he finished fifth at the 1983 World Championships

1983 World Championships in Athletics

The inaugural World Championships in Athletics were run under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations and were held at the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland between August 7 and August 14, 1983....

 and at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

His personal best time was 20.37 seconds, achieved in August 1983 in Schwechat

Schwechat

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. This ranks him fifth among German 200 m sprinters, behind Tobias Unger

Tobias Unger

Tobias Benjamin Unger is a German athlete, specialist in 100 m and 200 m. Unger is 1.79 metres tall, weighing 70 kilograms....

, Frank Emmelmann

Frank Emmelmann

Frank Emmelmann is a retired East German sprinter who specialized in the 100 and 200 metres....

, Sebastian Ernst

Sebastian Ernst

Sebastian Ernst is a German sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. His personal best time is 20.36 seconds, achieved during the heats at the 2004 Summer Olympics. This ranks him third among German 200 m sprinters, only behind Tobias Unger and Frank Emmelmann...

 and Eugen Ray

Eugen Ray

Eugen Ray was a former East German sprinter who ran in the 100 metres and 200 metres....

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Jürgen Evers represented the sports team SV Salamander Kornwestheim.