Lars Riedel
- East Germany (1986–1990)
- Germany (1991–2006)
LAC Erdgas Chemnitz
Men's athletics | ||
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Representing Germany | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1996 Atlanta | Discus | |
2000 Sydney | Discus | |
World Championships | ||
1991 Tokyo | Discus | |
1993 Stuttgart | Discus | |
1995 Gothenburg | Discus | |
1997 Athens | Discus | |
2001 Edmonton | Discus | |
1999 Seville | Discus | |
European Championships | ||
1998 Budapest | Discus |
Lars Peter Riedel (born 28 June 1967) a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the seventh longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50 m.
Biography
Riedel began his discus career in the former German Democratic Republic. He grew up in Thurm which is next to Zwickau. In 1983, he went to join SC Karl-Marx-Stadt. His first important competitions were the IAAF World Junior Championship in 1986 and the European Championship in 1990. When the GDR went down Riedel stopped training regularly. Soon after Riedel met his coach Karlheinz Steinmetz from USC Mainz he began training once again. In the 1990s, he became a dominating figure on the German discus scene. With his good physical constitution (1.99 m, 115 kg) he took part in the Olympic Games of Atlanta. There he won his only Olympic title. Furthermore, he won the IAAF World Championship five times.
He is separated from his wife Kerstin. They have a son, Robert.
Achievements
In addition, he was the German champion 11 times.
References
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External links
- RIEDEL rzutyiskoki.pl (in Polish)
- Lars Riedel at World Athletics
- Lars Riedel at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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- 1896: Robert Garrett (USA)
- 1900: Rudolf Bauer (HUN)
- 1904: Martin Sheridan (USA)
- 1908: Martin Sheridan (USA)
- 1912: Armas Taipale (FIN)
- 1920: Elmer Niklander (FIN)
- 1924: Bud Houser (USA)
- 1928: Bud Houser (USA)
- 1932: John Anderson (USA)
- 1936: Ken Carpenter (USA)
- 1948: Adolfo Consolini (ITA)
- 1952: Sim Iness (USA)
- 1956: Al Oerter (USA)
- 1960: Al Oerter (USA)
- 1964: Al Oerter (USA)
- 1968: Al Oerter (USA)
- 1972: Ludvík Daněk (TCH)
- 1976: Mac Wilkins (USA)
- 1980: Viktor Rashchupkin (URS)
- 1984: Rolf Danneberg (FRG)
- 1988: Jürgen Schult (GDR)
- 1992: Romas Ubartas (LTU)
- 1996: Lars Riedel (GER)
- 2000: Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
- 2004: Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)
- 2008: Gerd Kanter (EST)
- 2012: Robert Harting (GER)
- 2016: Christoph Harting (GER)
- 2020: Daniel Ståhl (SWE)
- 2024: Rojé Stona (JAM)