Gottfried Weimann

Gottfried Weimann (16 September 1907 – 13 March 1990) was a German javelin thrower. He placed fourth at the Olympic Games in 1932 and ninth in 1936.[1]

Gottfried Weimann
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing  Germany
International University Games
1930 DarmstadtJavelin throw
1933 TurinJavelin throw

Career

Weimann was one of the world's top javelin throwers by 1930, when he threw 66.97 m.[2][3] He placed third behind two Finns at that year's International University Games in Darmstadt with 64.24.[4] Ahead of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he threw 69.54 in Leipzig[3] and entered the Olympics as the main challenger to Finland's javelin supremacy, as the other top non-Finnish thrower, Estonia's Gustav Sule, was not competing.[2]

At the Olympics he threw 68.18 in round one, a new Olympic record;[1] however, Finland's world record holder Matti Järvinen reached 71.25 later in the same round.[5] For much of the competition Weimann was second behind Järvinen,[2][5] but the other Finns, Eino Penttilä and Matti Sippala, passed him in rounds five and six, leaving Weimann in fourth and out of the podium.[2][5]

Weimann won another bronze medal at the International University Games in Turin in 1933, missing out to Hungary's József Várszegi and Sule.[4] Later that year he reached his eventual personal best, 73.40, in Gdańsk;[3][6] at the time, that distance placed him second in the world, behind only Järvinen.[6] He placed sixth at the inaugural European Championships in 1934[1] and remained in shape for another two years, throwing 72.24 in July 1936,[3] but at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin he only managed 63.58 and placed ninth.[1]

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References
  1. "Gottfried Weimann Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  2. Jukola, Martti (1935). Huippu-urheilun historia (in Finnish). Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö.
  3. "Gottfried Weimann". Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  4. "WORLD STUDENT GAMES (PRE-UNIVERSIADE)". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  5. Butler, Mark, Athletics Statistics Book - Games of the XXX Olympiad London 2012, IAAF Communications Department, p. 170
  6. "All-Time List As At 31 December 1945" (PDF). Association of Track and Field Statisticians. Archived from the original (pdf) on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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