Gerald Weiß
Encyclopedia
Gerald Weiß is a retired East German javelin throw
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Weiß represented the sports club SC Traktor Schwerin, and became East German champion in 1981. His personal best throw was 83.30 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Jena
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Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
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Weiß represented the sports club SC Traktor Schwerin, and became East German champion in 1981. His personal best throw was 83.30 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Jena
Jena
Jena is a university city in central Germany on the river Saale. It has a population of approx. 103,000 and is the second largest city in the federal state of Thuringia, after Erfurt.-History:Jena was first mentioned in an 1182 document...
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Achievements
| 1986 | European Championships 1986 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin These are the official results of the Men's javelin throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany. There were a total number of 30 competitors. The final was held on 27 August 1986... |
Stuttgart, West Germany | 11th | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics - Men's javelin throw The Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 38 competitors, with two qualifying groups before the final took place on Sunday September 25, 1988. This was the first time that the competitors had to use the new javelin... |
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6th |