Heinz Weis
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Born | Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany | 14 July 1963|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 83.04 m (1997) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Heinz Weis (born 14 July 1963) is a male former hammer thrower from Germany. He competed for West Germany until 1990.
Weis was born in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, and at club level represented . He was coached initially by Ernst Klement and later by coaches and . He competed in four Olympic Games. His personal best throw was 83.04 metres, achieved in June 1997 in Frankfurt. This ranks him second among German hammer throwers, only behind Ralf Haber.[1]
While he was active he was 1.93 m and 125 kg. He has one daughter (Theresa).
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing West Germany | ||||
1985 | World Student Games | Kobe, Japan | 1st | 76.00 m |
1987 | World Student Games | Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | 2nd | 76.98 m |
World Championships | Rome, Italy | 6th | 80.18 m | |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 5th | 79.16 m |
1989 | World Student Games | Duisburg, West Germany | 2nd | 79.58 m |
IAAF World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 1st | 77.68 m | |
1990 | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 8th | 75.48 m |
Representing Germany | ||||
1991 | World Student Games | Sheffield, United Kingdom | 3rd | 75.62 m |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 3rd | 80.44 m | |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 6th | 76.90 m |
1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 78.48 m |
IAAF World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | 80.32 m | |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | — | DNS |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | 5th | 79.78 m |
IAAF Grand Prix Final | Milan, Italy | 3rd | 78.38 m | |
1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | 81.78 m |
1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | 80.04 m |
IAAF World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 2nd | 80.13 m | |
IAAF Grand Prix Final | Moscow, Russia | 7th | 77.03 m | |
1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 18th | 74.71 m |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 26th | 73.51 m |
IAAF Grand Prix Final | Doha, Qatar | 5th | 77.97 m |
References[]
- ^ "„Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
External links[]
- Heinz Weis at World Athletics
- Heinz Weis at the International Olympic Committee
- Heinz Weis at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- People from Trier
- German male hammer throwers
- West German male hammer throwers
- Olympic athletes of West Germany
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade gold medalists for West Germany
- Universiade silver medalists for West Germany
- Universiade bronze medalists for Germany
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade
- German athletics biography stubs