Willi Maier

Willi Maier
nation	BR Germany
birthday	September 12, 1948
place of birth	Undingen ,  Germany
size	185 cm
Weight	70 kg
Career
discipline	Obstacle and long distance running
Best performance	3000 m obstacle: 7: 53.8 min
society	TSV Genkingen SV Salamander Kornwestheim
status	resigned
Medal table
German championships 3 × 4 × 2 × German indoor championships 1 × 0 × 0 ×
German championships silver Munich 1972 3000 m obstacle gold Berlin 1973 3000 m obstacle gold Marktredwitz 1973 Cross-country run silver Marktredwitz 1973 Cross-country team silver Hanover 1974 3000 m obstacle bronze Gelsenkirchen 1975 3000 m obstacle gold Gelsenkirchen 1975 4 × 800 m silver Frankfurt am Main 1976 4 × 800 m bronze Stuttgart 1979 3000 m obstacle  German indoor championships gold Berlin 1973 3000 m

Willi Maier (born September 12, 1948 in Undingen ) is a former German obstacle and long-distance runner .

At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, he was eliminated over 3000 m obstacle in the preliminary run.

In 1973 he failed at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Rotterdam over 3000 m in the first round and was second over 3000 m obstacle at the European Athletics Cup in Edinburgh .

At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal , he did not get beyond the preliminary round over 3000 m obstacle again.

In 1980 he finished 81st at the World Cross Country Championships in Paris . In 1983 and 1986 he won the Tübingen Nikolauslauf .

In 1973 he became German cross-country champion and German champion over 3000 m obstacle . He was also the German indoor champion over 3000 m that year . With SV Salamander Kornwestheim , he was German champion in the 4 x 800 meter relay in 1975 .

Willi Maier started for TSV Genkingen until 1973 , then for SV Salamander Kornwestheim .

Personal bests

• 3000 m obstacle: 7: 53.8 min, July 3, 1975, Oslo
  • Hall: 7: 54.0 min, February 24, 1973, Berlin
• 5000 m : 13: 51.8 min, June 30, 1976, Oslo
• 10,000 m : 28: 50.8 min, May 19, 1975, Bonn
• 3000 m obstacle: 8: 22.47 min, June 8th 1976, Stockholm

Web links

• Willi Maier in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Willi Maier in the trackfield.brinkster.net database (English)
• Athlete portrait at the ARRS
• Willi Maier in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )