Gottfried Weimann

Gottfried Weimann (born September 16, 1907 in Falkenstein / Vogtl. , † March 13, 1990 in Bayreuth ) was a German athlete who was active as a javelin thrower in the 1930s . The five-time German champions starting for SC Wacker Leipzig took part in two Olympic Games.

• In 1932 in Los Angeles he was fourth behind third-placed Eino Penttilä with 68.18 m , whose longest throw landed at 68.70 m. The following comparison of the five best distances of both athletes shows the clear superiority of the Finn:
  • Weimann: 68.18 m (1st attempt) - 65.24 (6th) - 61.45 (5th) - 61.19 (4th) - 60.42 (3rd)
  • Penttilä: 68.70 m (5th) - 66.86 (6th) - 65.40 (4th) - 64.28 (3rd) - 64.13 (2nd)
• At the 1936 games in Berlin , he only reached a modest 63.58 m. He clearly missed the final, because the sixth-placed qualifier, the American Alton Terry , had thrown 67.15 m. Weimann finished the competition in ninth place. The 72.24 m thrown in the same year (1936) prove that he remained far below his possibilities.
• Even at the only European championships in which he participated, he was not in top form. After throws of 73.40 m (1933) and 70.29 m (1934), more would have been expected of him in Turin than 6th place with 65.69 m. For the bronze medal, which went to the Estonian Gustav Sule (69.31 m), he would have had to throw more than 3.50 meters further.

At the European Championships in Paris in 1938 , he was no longer at the start.

Gottfried Weimann took part twice in the International University Games, the forerunner of the Universiade . He won two bronze medals:

• 1930 in Darmstadt (64.24 m)
• 1933 in Turin (64.02 m)

Placements at German championships

year	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937
	Second	Second	Third	master	master	master	master	master	Third

From 1933 to 1937 the runner-up was always Gerhard Stöck , who could only win the title in 1938.

Gottfried Weimann threw a total of seven German records, most recently on August 27, 1933 with 73.40 m. This performance was improved two years later by Gerhard Stöck to 73.96 m.

Weimann received his doctorate in 1935 at the School of Economics in Leipzig Dr. rer. oec. From 1950 he lived in Bayreuth, where he was a member of the sports board for many years . He was also an active member of the Bayreuth Association in the German Olympic Society .

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft p. 1276

Web links

• Gottfried Weimann in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )