Thomas Blaschek

Thomas Blaschek (born 5 April 1981 in Gera, East Germany) is a German hurdler.

This ranks him fifth among German 110 m hurdlers, behind Florian Schwarthoff, Mike Fenner, Eric Kaiser and Falk Balzer.

His senior breakthrough occurred in 2005, when he was the German champion indoors and outdoors and took a silver medal at the 2005 European Cup.

[2] Blaschek made his second outdoor global appearance at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka and he again reached the 110 m hurdles semi-finals.

[3] He announced his retirement from athletics in September 2010, citing waning motivation and the long-lasting effects of calf muscle tears in each leg as the main reasons for his decision.