Dobeleit was born in
Renchen,
Baden-Württemberg. At the
1987 World Championships he placed fifth in
4 × 100 metres relay and fourth in
4 × 400 metres relay. At the
1988 Summer Olympics held in
Seoul,
South Korea he helped win the
4 × 400 metres relay bronze medal with his teammates
Edgar Itt,
Jörg Vaihinger and
Ralf Lübke. He won the 400 m race at the
1990 European Indoor Championships, and at the
1990 European Championships he finished fifth in 400 m and second in 4 × 400 m relay with teammates
Klaus Just, Edgar Itt and
Carsten Köhrbrück. His personal best time was 20.43 seconds, achieved in July 1987 in
Rhede. This ranks him ninth among German 200 m sprinters, behind
Tobias Unger,
Frank Emmelmann,
Sebastian Ernst,
Eugen Ray,
Jürgen Evers,
Ralf Lübke,
Bernhard Hoff and
Hans-Joachim Zenk. After retiring he has worked as a television presenter in the German media. Norbert Dobeleit was married to Swiss television presenter
Tamara Sedmak and they have a son named Julius, born in June 2011. They are now separated. ==References==