Lars Riedel
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Full name | Lars Peter Riedel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | June 28, 1967 (age 57) Zwickau, Saxony, East Germany |
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Height | 1.99 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (240 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Discus throw | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | USC Mainz LAC Erdgas Chemnitz |
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Personal best(s) | 71.50 m (1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lars Peter Riedel (born 28 June 1967 in Zwickau) a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the seventh longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50m.
Riedel began his discus career in the former German Democratic Republic. He grew up in Thurm which is next to Zwickau. In 1983, he went to join SC Karl-Marx-Stadt. His first important competitions were the IAAF World Junior Championship in 1986 and the European Championship in 1990. When the GDR went down Riedel stopped training regularly. Soon after Riedel met his coach Karlheinz Steinmetz from USC Mainz he began training once again his sport career. In the 1990s, he became a dominating figure on the German discus scene. With his good physical constitution (1.99 m, 115 kg) he took part in the Olympic Games of Atlanta. There he won his only Olympic title. Furthermore, he won the IAAF World Championship five times.
He is separated from his wife Kerstin. They have a son, Robert.
Achievements
In addition, he was the German champion 11 times.
References
- Lars Riedel profile at IAAF
External links
- RIEDEL rzutyiskoki.pl (Polish)
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- IAAF ID different in Wikidata
- Articles with Polish-language external links
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Zwickau
- German discus throwers
- German national athletics champions
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- Dancing on Ice participants
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Championships in Athletics medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists