Ernst Klement
Ernst Klement (born May 10, 1914 in Zlabings , Moravia, † February 12, 2002 in Trier ) was a German hammer throw trainer .
Life
After deployments during the Second World War and three years as a prisoner of war in the USA, he returned to Europe and settled in Trier , where he worked as a teacher at the Max-Planck-Gymnasium. Having come into contact with American basketball , he founded his own basketball department at the local sports club TV Germania Trier, which later became the basketball Bundesliga club TBB Trier .
Over time, he began to be interested in the complicated movement of hammer throwing as a sports trainer. He developed a new throwing technique, the so-called three-phase trigger , with which he revolutionized hammer throwing in the 1970s. His protégé Karl-Hans Riehm succeeded at the Rehlinger Whitsun Sports Festival on May 19, 1975, with the new technique in all six litters above the old world record mark and improved the world record three times in one competition to finally 78.50 m. Until autumn 2001 Ernst Klement worked as a trainer and promoter of young athletes in his home club TV Germania Trier.
His students included the throwers Karl-Hans Riehm , Heinz Weis and Christoph Sahner . A regional hammer throw meeting, the Ernst Klement Memorial, has been held in Trier since 2003.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klement, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German hammer throw trainer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Slavonice |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 2002 |
| Place of death | trier |