Detlef Michel

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Medal record
Detlef Michel
Men's Athletics
Competitor for  East Germany
World Championships
Gold	1983 Helsinki	Javelin
European Championships
Bronze	1982 Athens	Javelin
Silver	1986 Stuttgart	Javelin

Detlef Michel (born October 13, 1955 in Berlin) is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980's and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw. His most important result came when he won the World Championship title in Helsinki 1983 with a throw of 89.48 meters in adverse conditions (rain), beating world record holder Tom Petranoff (99.72m, 5 May 1983) of the USA.

He missed qualifying for the Olympic Games twice, in 1980 and in 1988. He was unable to compete in 1984 due to his country's boycott of the games in Los Angeles, and in 1990 he retired from his sporting career.

Michel represented the Berlin sport club and trained with Peter Börner. During his career he was 1.84 meters tall and weighed 93 kilograms.

[edit] Other results at the European Athletics Championships

• 1978: 4th place (85.46)
• 1982: 3rd place (89.32)
• 1986: 2nd place (81.90)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ferenc Paragi	Men's Javelin Best Year Performance 1980	Succeeded by Bob Roggy

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This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.