Karl-Hans Riehm
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 Karl-Hans Riehm |
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Competitor for  West Germany |
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| Silver | 1984 Los Angeles | Hammer throw | |
Karl-Hans Riehm (born 31 May 1951 in Konz) is a former West German hammer thrower.
His biggest success came at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the silver medal. At the previous Olympics he had a tenth place from 1972 and a fourth place from 1976. In addition he won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships and finished seventh at the 1983 World Championships.
His personal best throw was 80.80 metres, achieved in July 1980 in Rhede. This ranks him tenth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günter Rodehau, Holger Klose, Christoph Sahner, Klaus Ploghaus, Markus Esser and Matthias Moder. [1]
[edit] References
- IAAF profile for Karl-Hans Riehm
- This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
| Records | ||
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Preceded by Aleksey Spiridonov |
Men's Hammer World Record Holder May 19, 1975 – August 14, 1975 |
Succeeded by Walter Schmidt |
| Preceded by Boris Zaychuk |
Men's Hammer World Record Holder August 6, 1978 – May 16, 1980 |
Succeeded by Yuriy Sedykh |
| Sporting positions | ||
| Preceded by Yuriy Syedikh |
Men's Hammer Best Year Performance 1977 – 1978 |
Succeeded by Sergey Litvinov |
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