Wolfgang Knabe
Wolfgang Knabe( born 12 July 1959) is a West German triple jumper.
He finished eighth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final.
His personal best jump was 17. 12 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Düsseldorf.
This result places him ninth on the German all- time performers list, behind Ralf Jaros, Charles Friedek, Volker Mai, Dirk Gamlin, Peter Bouschen, Wolfgang Zinser, Jörg Drehmel and Jörg Elbe.
He became West German champion in 1988, representing the sports clubs SV Union Groß- Ilsede and TV Wattenscheid.
He also won an array of silver and bronze medals between 1983 and 1994, and became West German indoor champion in 1986.
He has continued to jump into the Masters athletics age groups.
He is the current world record holder in the M45 and M50 age divisions.
Peter Franz
Peter Franz is a male former international table tennis player from Germany.
He won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup( men's team event) with Steffen Fetzner, Richard Prause, Oliver Alke and Jörg Roßkopf for Germany.
Klaus-Dieter Neubert
Klaus- Dieter Neubert( born 22 November 1949) is a retired East German rowing coxswain, who had his best achievements in the coxed pairs, together with Wolfgang Gunkel and Jörg Lucke.
They won the European title in 1971 and the Olympic gold medal in 1972, and finished second at the 1973 European and 1974 World Championships.
Neubert placed fourth at the 1968 Olympics with another crew.
Jörg Drehmel
Jörg Drehmel( born 3 May 1945) is a retired East German triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1972 Olympics.
He was the European champion in 1971.
Oliver Alke
Oliver Alke is a male former international table tennis player from Germany.
He won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup( men's team event) with Steffen Fetzner, Peter Franz, Richard Prause and Jörg Roßkopf for Germany.
Mike Chlasciak
" Metal" Mike Chlasciak( born December 24, 1971) is a Polish- American musician.
Best known as the guitarist for Halford, led by Rob Halford.
With well over a million records sold, Chlasciak and Halford have toured the world several times over with the likes of Iron Maiden, Ozzy Osbourne and Mötley Crüe.
Mike has additionally toured with Bay Area thrash metal band Testament, Saturday Night Live's comedian Jim Breuer and recorded/ toured with Sebastian Bach.
Chlasciak's touring has taken him to sold- out concerts at NYC ’s Madison Square Garden and the Playboy Mansion.
Mike has additionally shared stages or recordings with Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses and Geoff Tate of Queensrÿche.
Mike is a scholarship graduate of Berklee College Of Music.
He has released several records as a solo artist and with Painmuseum.
Chlasciak also writes his own monthly" Metal For Life" column in" Guitar World" and often contributes career and music related blogs for guitarworld.com and other publications.
Mike released several metal guitar instructional books and DVDs.
As a solo artist Mike Mike supported Steve Morse, Yngwie Malmsteen, Ronnie Montrose, Savatage, Primal Fear, Sebastian Bach and Eric Martin of Mr. Big.
Mike's solo band PainmuseuM has toured with Halford, Testament, Amon Amarth and others.
Mike additionally leads Metal Heroes Academy- a learning portal for metal guitarists and musicians.
Metal Heroes's crown jewel is the annual Metal Heroes Summer Camp that takes place annually in the Catskill Mountains of up- state New York.
Mike continues to lead workshops and clinics across the US spotlighting Heavy Metal guitar playing.
Mike's has contributed songs to" Songs From The Garage" album from Saturday Night Live alumni Jim Breuer and has been providing lead guitar duties for Jim's Band, Jim Breuer and The Loud& Rowdy.
Gabriele Schnaut
Gabriele Schnaut( born 24 February 1951) is a German classical singer who started her operatic career as a mezzo- soprano in 1976 and changed to dramatic soprano in 1985.
She has appeared internationally and performed at the Bayreuth Festival from 1977 to 2000.
She recorded works by composers of the 20th century and appeared in the premieres of operas by Wolfgang Rihm and Jörg Widmann.
David Ji
David Longfen Ji is an American businessman who co-founded Apex Digital, an electronics manufacturer.
In 2004, he was arrested in China following a dispute with Sichuan Changhong Electric, a supplier owned by the city of Mianyang and the province of Sichuan.
Changhong accused him of defrauding them through bad checks.
Ji was taken, according to an account by his lawyer, to the senior management and told, "I decide whether you live or die."
He has been held in China without charges.
Ji's case highlighted an "implicit racism" in dealings with American businessmen.
As a U.S. citizen he was not granted the same treatment by authorities as non-ethnically Chinese businessmen sharing the same nationality.
Richard Prause
Richard Prause is a male former international table tennis player from Germany.
He won a bronze medal at the 1993 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup( men's team event) with Steffen Fetzner, Peter Franz, Oliver Alke and Jörg Roßkopf for Germany.
From 1999 to 2010 he was the national coach of the men's team and since August 2015 has been the sporting director of the German Table Tennis Association.
Jörg Friess
Jörg Friess( born 27 October 1968) is a retired East German triple jumper, who finished fourth at the 1990 European Championships with a career best jump of 17.01 metres.
This result places him tenth on the German all- time performers list, behind Ralf Jaros, Charles Friedek, Volker Mai, Dirk Gamlin, Peter Bouschen, Wolfgang Zinser, Jörg Drehmel, Jörg Elbe and Wolfgang Knabe.
Friess had a better indoor result with 17.31 metres, achieved in February 1991 in Mannheim.
Friess became East German champion in 1987 and 1990 for the team SC Dynamo Berlin, and won a national silver medal in reunified Germany in 1991 for OSC Berlin.

Question: Were Mike Chlasciak and Jörg Drehmel of the same nationality?
Answer: no