Heinz Weis

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Medal record
Heinz Weis
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for  Germany
World Championships
Gold	1997 Athens	Hammer
Bronze	1991 Tokyo	Hammer

Heinz Weis (born July 14, 1963 in Trier) is a former hammer thrower from Germany. He competed for West Germany until 1990.

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).

[edit] Honours

• 1987 World Championships in Athletics, Rome: 6th place
• 1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul: 5th place (78.50, 76.80, foul - 77.70 - 78.98 - 79.16)
• 1990 European Championships in Athletics, Split: 8th place - 70.14 - 74.32 - 75.48 - 75.38 - 71.04 - 74.12)
• 1991 World Championships in Athletics, Tokyo: 3rd place - (80,44)
• 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona: 6th place - (76.90)
• 1994 European Championships in Athletics, Helsinki: 3rd place - (78.58)
• 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta: 5th place - (79.78)
• 1997 World Championships in Athletics, Athens: 1st place - (81.78)
• 1998 European Championships in Athletics, Budapest: 4th place
• 1999 World Championships in Athletics, Seville: 18th place
• 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney: Out in the qualifications

[edit] References

1. ^ [1] (German)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Yuriy Syedikh	Men's Hammer Best Year Performance 1989	Succeeded by Igor Nikulin
Preceded by Lance Deal	Men's Hammer Best Year Performance 1997	Succeeded by Tibor Gécsek