Ulf Timmermann

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Men's Athletics
Olympic medal record
Gold	1988 Seoul	Shot Put

Ulf Timmermann (born November 1, 1962 in East Berlin) is a German shot putter who broke many world records during the 1980s and is the first and one of only two people to ever throw over 23 metres (along with Randy Barnes).

Timmermann was born in East Berlin to an athletic family and took up shot put at 13. He broke his first world record in 1985 with a throw of 22.62 meters. On May 22, 1988 he became the first person to throw over 23 meters with a throw of 23.06 meters at Chania, Greece.

He won gold for East Germany at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, ahead of Randy Barnes of the U.S. and a field packed with talent. The fourth place throw at this competition would have won every previous olympics in the shot put. At the 1992 Olympics he finished a disappointing fifth.

Timmermann is the farthest thrower of all time in the shot put using the glide technique. He also has the most 22m+ competitions of any shot putter, at 16.

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Article on Ulf Timmermann (in German)

Olympic champions in men's shot put
1896: Robert Garrett \| 1900: Richard Sheldon \| 1904: Ralph Rose \| 1906: Martin Sheridan \| 1908: Ralph Rose \| 1912: Patrick McDonald \| 1920: Ville Pörhölä \| 1924: Clarence Houser \| 1928: John Kuck \| 1932: Leo Sexton \| 1936: Hans Woellke \| 1948: Wilbur Thompson \| 1952: Parry O'Brien \| 1956: Parry O'Brien \| 1960: Bill Nieder \| 1964: Dallas Long \| 1968: Randy Matson \| 1972: Władysław Komar \| 1976: Udo Beyer \| 1980: Vladimir Kiselyov \| 1984: Alessandro Andrei \| 1988: Ulf Timmermann \| 1992: Mike Stulce \| 1996: Randy Barnes \| 2000: Arsi Harju \| 2004: Yuriy Bilonoh

Olympic champions in men's shot put