Oliver-Sven Buder

Oliver-Sven Buder (born June 23, 1966 in Steinheidel-Erlabrunn ) is a former German athlete who was one of the world's best shot putters from the 1990s to 2000 . The highlights of his career were the World Athletics Championships in 1997 and 1999 , where he won the silver medal. Until 1990 he started for the GDR .

Oliver-Sven Buder grew up in Niederlungwitz ( Saxony ). He began as a child with athletics, was discovered as a talent and sent to the children's and youth sports school in Karl-Marx-Stadt (later Chemnitz).

It started in the GDR era for SC Karl-Marx-Stadt (renamed SC Chemnitz in 1990). After the end of the GDR he switched to TV Wattenscheid (coach: Günther Stolz , Miroslav Jasinski ), in 2001 to MTV Ingolstadt (coach: Joachim Lipske ). In his active days he was 2.00 m tall and weighed 125 kg.

Oliver-Sven Buder began studying mining engineering in 1986. After the end of the GDR, he broke it off. He later began training as a bank clerk and then switched to an industrial clerk. Oliver-Sven Buder is divorced. In 2003 he ended his active track and field career after a long injury break.

For the America's Cup 2007 he changed the sport and started as a grinder for the German campaign United Internet Team Germany in the sailing crew around Jesper Bank .

successes

• 1985, European Junior Championships: 1st place (19.34 m)
• 1990, European Championships : 2nd place (21.01 m)
• 1991, World Championships : 4th place (20.10 m)
• 1993, World Championships : 7th place (19.74 m)
• 1994, European Championships : 16th place in qualification
• 1995, World Championships : 6th place (20.11 m)
• 1996, Olympic Games : 5th place (20.51 m)
• 1997, World Championships : 2nd place (21.24 m)
• 1998, European Championships : 2nd place (20.98 m)
• 1999, World Championships : 2nd place (21.42 m)
• 2000, Olympic Games : 8th place (20.18 m)

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005. 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 (published by the German Athletics Promotion and Project Society )

Web links

• Oliver-Sven Buder in the database of World Athletics (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ https://www.merkur.de/lokales/erding/eichenried-widmete-buder-strassenfest-513975.html