Bernd Dießner (born 16 March 1946 in Aken, Saxony-Anhalt) is a retired East German[1] long-distance runner who specialized in the 5000 metres.
[3] His most prominent personal best times were 7:49.4 in the 3000 metres, achieved in June 1970 in Potsdam,[4] and 13:31.2 in the 5000 metres, achieved in June 1972 in East Berlin.
After retiring he has worked as a coach in the sports club LAC Erdgas Chemnitz, for André Pollmächer among others.
He has also coached Ulrike Bruns (for a very brief period of time), Jens-Peter Herold, Jürgen Straub and Olaf Beyer.
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