Willi Sawall
Australian race walker
Willi Alfred Sawall (born 7 November 1941) is a retired male race walker from Australia. He set his personal best (3:46.34) in the men's 50 km in 1980. Sawall is a seven-time national champion in race walking.
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Australia | |||||
1978 | Commonwealth Games | Edmonton, Canada | 2nd | 30 km | |
1979 | World Race Walking Cup | Eschborn, West Germany | 10th | 50 km | |
1980 | Olympic Games | Moscow, Soviet Union | 8th | 50 km | |
1981 | World Race Walking Cup | Valencia, Spain | — | 50 km | DNF |
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 30th | 20 km | |
1984 | Olympic Games | Los Angeles, California, United States | 16th | 20 km | |
1985 | World Race Walking Cup | St John's, Isle of Man | 11th | 50 km | |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 26th | 50 km |
External links
- Willi Sawall at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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World Best Year Performance in men's race walking
- 1980: Domingo Colín (MEX)
- 1981: Dave Smith (AUS)
- 1982: Willi Sawall (AUS)
- 1983: Jozef Pribilinec (TCH)
- 1984: Ernesto Canto (MEX)
- 1985: Dave Smith (AUS)
- 1986: Reima Salonen (FIN)
- 1987: Axel Noack (GDR)
- 1988: Mikhail Shchennikov (URS)
- 1989: Yevgeniy Misyulya (URS)
- 1990: Pavol Blažek (TCH)
- 1991: Aleksandr Pershin (URS)
- 1992: Stefan Johansson (SWE)
- 1993: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
- 1994: Bernardo Segura (MEX)
- 1995: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
- 1996: Yevgeniy Misyulya (BLR)
- 1997: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
- 1998: Vladimir Andreyev (RUS)
- 1999: Julio René Martínez (GUA)
- 2000: Roman Rasskazov (RUS)
- 2001: Dmitriy Yesipchuk (RUS)
- 2002: Paquillo Fernández (ESP)
- 2003: Jefferson Pérez (ECU)
- 2004: Vladimir Stankin (RUS)
- 2005: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
- 2006: Li Gaobo (CHN)
- 2007: Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS)
- 2008: Sergey Morozov (RUS)
- 2009: Valeriy Borchin (RUS)
- 2010: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
- 2011: Wang Zhen (CHN)
- 2012: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
- 2013: Petr Trofimov (RUS)
- 2014: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
- 2015: Yusuke Suzuki (JPN)
- 2016: Eiki Takahashi (JPN)
- 2017: Wang Kaihua (CHN)
- 2018: Sergey Shirobokov (RUS)
- 2019: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
- 2020: Toshikazu Yamanishi (JPN)
- 2021: Wang Kaihua (CHN)
- 2022: Vasiliy Mizinov (ANA)
- 1980: José Marín (ESP)
- 1981: Uwe Dünkel (GDR)
- 1982: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
- 1983: José Marín (ESP)
- 1984: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
- 1985: Andrey Perlov (URS)
- 1986: Ronald Weigel (GDR)
- 1987: Andrey Perlov (URS)
- 1988: Vyacheslav Ivanenko (URS)
- 1989: Andrey Perlov (URS)
- 1990: Aleksandr Potashov (URS)
- 1991: Carlos Mercenario (MEX)
- 1992: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 1993: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
- 1994: Valentí Massana (ESP)
- 1995: Zhao Yongsheng (CHN)
- 1996: Thierry Toutain (FRA)
- 1997: Jesús Ángel García (ESP)
- 1998: Andrey Plotnikov (RUS)
- 1999: Sergey Korepanov (KAZ)
- 2000: Valeriy Spitsyn (RUS)
- 2001: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 2002: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 2003: Robert Korzeniowski (POL)
- 2004: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
- 2005: Yu Chaohong (CHN)
- 2006: Nathan Deakes (AUS)
- 2007: Alex Schwazer (ITA)
- 2008: Denis Nizhegorodov (RUS)
- 2009: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
- 2010: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
- 2011: Sergey Bakulin (RUS)
- 2012: Sergey Kirdyapkin (RUS)
- 2013: Robert Heffernan (IRL)
- 2014: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
- 2015: Matej Tóth (SVK)
- 2016: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
- 2017: Yohann Diniz (FRA)
- 2018: Tomohiro Noda (JPN)
- 2019: Masatora Kawano (JPN)
- 2020: Matej Tóth (SVK)
- 2021: Satoshi Maruo (JPN)
- 2022: Resham Midhun (IND)
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