Peter Blank
Peter Blank (born April 10, 1962 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a versatile German athlete who was active as a javelin thrower and high jumper for around 20 years . His first success was winning the German Junior High Jump Championship in 1983 (2.23 m). In 1990 he reached 7651 points in the decathlon (the spear flew to 79.80 m). In 1988 he achieved his personal best in the long jump with 7.41 m.
The then computer science student Peter Blank took part once in the Olympic Games, three times in European championships and five times in world championships. He is 1.95 m tall and his competition weight was 103 kg.
He starts for the LG Eintracht Frankfurt . His trainer is Bernd Bierwisch.
Placements in the javelin throw
- German championships
| year | 1984 | 1988 | 1990 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 |
| space | 3 | master | master | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | master | 3 | 3 |
- International
- European Championships 1990 in Split : 25th with 73.30 m
- World Championships 1991 in Tokyo : 11th with 72.62 m
- 1991 European Cup in Frankfurt: third with 82.42 m behind the Czech Jan Železný with 82.84 and the Russian Viktor Sajtzew with 82.68 m
- World Championships 1993 in Stuttgart : 29th with 74.10 m
- European Championships 1994 in Helsinki : 20th with 74.88 m
- XVI. 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta : 9th with 81.82 m
- European Championships 1998 in Budapest : 7th with 83.66 m
- 1999 World Championships in Seville : 13th with 80.89 m
- World Championships 2001 in Edmonton : 17th with 80.96 m
- World Championships 2003 in Paris : 8th with 80.34 m
- Winner of the European Winter Challenge 2001
Performance development
| year | 1988 | 1990 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Width (m) | 80.84 | 82.82 | 81.12 | 80.76 | 82.56 | 83.18 | 88.12 | 86.84 | 86.99 | 87.11 | 85.45 | 88.70 | 82.24 | 84.08 | 82.65 |
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. 95
Web links
- Peter Blank in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Athlete portrait at the IAAF
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Blank, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |