Walter Schmidt (athlete)
Walter Schmidt (born August 7, 1948 in Lahr / Black Forest ) is a former German athlete and Olympic participant who - starting for Germany - was a successful hammer thrower in the 1970s . He set world records in 1971 and 1975 , each of which remained unmatched for almost three years. In 1977 it became known that Schmidt was taking anabolic steroids .
He took fifth place each at the European Championships in 1971 (70.12 - 70.54 m - 68.66 - 69.34 - 69.46 - invalid) and at the 1976 Olympic Games (72.58 - 74.72 m - 74.36 - 73.52 - 74.72 - 72.42). In 1975 he won the silver medal at the World Student Games ( Universiade ) (72.00 m).
Walter Schmidt belonged to the sports club ASC Darmstadt . He had a competition weight of 135 kg with a height of 1.92 m.
From 1979 to January 2012 he worked as a sports and geography teacher at the Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule (Frankfurt am Main) .
Records in detail
- 72.92 m, German record (of the Federal Republic, at the same time all-German best performance), June 9, 1970 in Darmstadt
- 76.40 m, world record, September 4th, 1971 in Lahr / Black Forest
- 79.30 m, world record, August 14, 1975 in Frankfurt am Main
literature
- Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Schmidt in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
- ^ Brigitte Berendonk: Doping documents. From research to fraud . Springer, Berlin and Heidelberg 1991, p. 4 and p. 267-268, ISBN 3-540-53742-2 .
- ↑ Stone magazine 1. Freiherr-vom-Stein-Schule Frankfurt am Main 75 years ..., p. 107
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmidt, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German athlete and Olympian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lahr / Black Forest |