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Heinz Weis

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Heinz Weis

Personal information

Born

Height

1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)

Weight

125 kg (276 lb)

Sport

Event

Club

Achievements and titles

Personal best

83.04 m (1997)

Medal record

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 TV 1863 Germania Trier. He was coached initially by Ernst Klement and later by LG Bayer Leverkusen coaches Rudolf Hars and Bernhard Rieder. 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[edit]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing West Germany
1985	World Student Games	Kobe, Japan	1st	76.00 m
1987	World Student Games	Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia	2nd	76.98 m
1987	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
1989	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
1991	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
1994	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
1996	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
2000	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	5th	77.97 m

^ ""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.