Detlef Thorith
Detlef Thorith (born September 27, 1942 in Berlin ; † July 17, 2019 ) was a German athlete and Olympic participant who - starting for the GDR - won the gold medal in the discus throw at the European Championships in Budapest in 1966 ( invalid - 55.90 - invalid - 57.42 m - invalid - 54.88).
On August 11, 1966, Detlef Thorith threw 61.30 m, making it the first German discus thrower to surpass the 60-meter mark. Shortly afterwards he became European champion in 1966 . In 1967, 1970 and 1972 he was GDR champion. In 1972 he set his fourth GDR record and his personal best in Berlin with 64.82 m. Two weeks later, he also started at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich and finished sixth (61.74 - 62.42 m - 61.06 - invalid - 59.88 - invalid ).
Detlef Thorith belonged to the SC Dynamo Berlin . In his playing days he was 1.90 m tall and weighed 105 kg. It was part of the Bauersfeld study in which the participating athletes were administered Oral-Turinabol .
literature
- Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898-2005 . 2 volumes, Darmstadt 2005 published via Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary for Detlef Thorith
- ↑ 1973 Bauersfeld et al. "Analysis of the use of supportive means in the athletic throwing and pushing disciplines and an attempt to derive and generalize training methods" cycling4fans.de
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thorith, Detlef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete and Olympian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th July 2019 |