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Jan Schur

ヤン・シューア　/　やん・しゅーあ

Sport cyclist from Electorate of Saxony

November 27, 1962 (age 63)　・　Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony

sport cyclist

My Take

Jan Schur is a genuinely complicated figure for me. He won team time trial gold at the 1988 Seoul Olympics for East Germany, a tremendous athletic achievement, yet he was also a Stasi informant under the codename Reinhold from 1981 to 1989. I find it hard to judge him cleanly. In that state, reaching the top of elite sport often meant entanglement with the security apparatus, and the line between coercion and complicity was blurry. His career is a small window into a system where athletic glory and political surveillance were inseparable. The medal and the file belong to the same man and the same era, and both deserve to be remembered.

Overview

Jan Schur (born 27 November 1962) is a retired track cyclist and road cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Uwe Ampler, Mario Kummer, and Maik Landsmann. He was a Stasi informer under the codename "Reinhold" from 1981 to 1989.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Jan Schur
Name (Japanese): ヤン・シューア
Reading: やん・しゅーあ
Born: November 27, 1962 (age 63)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Tiger
Origin: Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony
Blood type: Private
Height: 180 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: sport cyclist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%A2

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