Lothar Thoms (18 May 1956 – 5 November 2017) was a track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia.

[1] There he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial by marking a new indoor world record.

[2] His time of 1'02"955 was more than 2 sec better than the previous record of the same year held by Urs Freuler.

He also won four gold medals in the 1 km time trial (amateurs) at the 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981 world championships respectively, thus winning all kilo events at the major international competitions in five consecutive years.

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