- Detlef Michel
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Detlef MichelMen's Athletics Competitor for 
East GermanyWorld Championships Gold 1983 Helsinki Javelin European Championships Bronze 1982 Athens Javelin Silver 1986 Stuttgart Javelin Detlef Michel, born October 13, 1955 in Berlin, is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw. His most important result came when he won the World Championship title in Helsinki 1983 with a throw of 89.48 meters in adverse conditions (rain),[1] beating world record holder Tom Petranoff (99.72m, 5 May 1983) of the USA by a comfortable margin. In fact, Michel threw the four longest throws of the final.[1]
He competed in the Olympic Games twice, in 1980 and 1988, but went out in the qualifying round both times.[2] He was unable to compete in 1984 due to his country's boycott of the games in Los Angeles and retired from professional sports in 1990.
Michel represented the Berlin sport club and trained with Peter Börner. During his career he was 1.84 meters tall and weighed 93 kilograms.
Michel's personal best under the old (pre-1986) javelin design specifications of 96.72 meters, thrown in Berlin on June 8, 1983, was for a while tied with Ferenc Paragi for second best in the world, behind only Petranoff's world record; it was later also exceeded by Uwe Hohn.
Results at the European Athletics Championships
References
- ^ a b Mark Butler/IAAF Media&PR Department (2009). "IAAF Statistics Handbook 2009" (PDF). IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Competitions/Competition/05/15/62/20090706014640_httppostedfile_p001-344_11301.pdf.
- ^ "Detlef Michel Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/detlef-michel-1.html. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
World Champions in Men's Javelin Throw 1983: Detlef Michel (GDR) • 1987: Seppo Räty (FIN) • 1991: Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN) • 1993: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1995: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1997: Marius Corbett (RSA) • 1999: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 2001: Jan Železný (CZE) • 2003: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2005: Andrus Värnik (EST) • 2007: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) • 2009: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2011: Matthias de Zordo (GER)
World Best Year Performance in Men's Javelin Throw 1971: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1972: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1973: Klaus Wolfermann (FRG) • 1974: Hannu Siitonen (FIN) • 1975: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1976: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1977: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1978: Michael Wessing (FRG) • 1979: Pentti Sinersaari (FIN) • 1980: Ferenc Paragi (HUN) • 1981: Detlef Michel (GDR) • 1982: Bob Roggy (USA) • 1983: Tom Petranoff (USA) • 1984: Uwe Hohn (GDR) • 1985: Uwe Hohn (GDR) • 1986: Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) • 1987: Jan Železný (TCH) • 1988: Jan Železný (TCH) • 1989: Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) • 1990: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1991: Seppo Räty (FIN) • 1992: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1993: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1994: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1995: Raymond Hecht (GER) • 1996: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1997: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1998: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 1999: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 2000: Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE) • 2001: Jan Železný (CZE) • 2002: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2003: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2004: Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) • 2005: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) • 2006: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2007: Breaux Greer (USA) • 2008: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2009: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2010: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
Categories:- 1955 births
- Living people
- East German athletes
- German javelin throwers
- People from Berlin
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