Biathlon Olympic champion Frank Ullrich (SPD) has entered the 20th German Bundestag by direct mandate.
He prevailed against the CDU politician Hans-Georg Maaßen.
In the preliminary final result of the federal elections, 63-year-old Ullrich received 33.6 percent of the vote in constituency 196 in southern Thuringia, while Maassen was well behind with 22.3 percent.
This will be the first time that Ullrich will be represented in parliament, he is one of two Olympic champions in the legislative body of the Federal Republic of Germany.
As in 2017, the former professional track cyclist Jens Lehmann (CDU) successfully won his direct mandate.
The 53-year-old Olympic champion in the team time trial from 1992 and 2000 prevailed in Leipzig (constituency 152) with 20.5 percent, ahead of SPD candidate Holger Mann (20.2).
The most successful German winter Olympian Claudia Pechstein (49), who stood for the first time for the CDU on Sunday, had to vote in constituency 84 in Berlin Treptow-Köpenick with 13.5 percent of the vote against long-time MP Gregor Gysi (Die Linke / 35.4) beaten.
Their hope of moving into the Bundestag above sixth place on the CDU state list was dashed.