- Michael Wessing
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Michael Wessing Personal information Born 29 August 1952 Medal recordMen's Athletics Competitor for 
West GermanyEuropean Championships Gold 1978 Prague Javelin throw Michael Thomas Maria Wessing (born 29 August 1952 in Recklinghausen) is a retired West German javelin thrower.
He finished fourteenth at the 1974 European Championships, won the gold medal at the 1978 European Championships and finished ninth at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Representing the sports team TV Wattenscheid, he became West German champion six years in a row in the years 1975-1980.[1]
His personal best throw was 94.22 metres (with the old javelin type), achieved on August 3, 1978 in Oslo. It was the best throw in the world that year, and at the time second overall only to Miklós Németh's 1976 world record of 94.58. When new javelin design rules came into force in April 1986, Wessing still stood as the eighth-best performer worldwide; in Germany only Uwe Hohn and Detlef Michel, both from East Germany, had longer throws.[2]
References
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
European Champions in Men's Javelin Throw 1934: Matti Järvinen (FIN) • 1938: Matti Järvinen (FIN) • 1946: Lennart Atterwall (SWE) • 1950: Toivo Hyytiäinen (FIN) • 1954: Janusz Sidło (POL) • 1958: Janusz Sidło (POL) • 1962: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1966: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1969: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1971: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1974: Hannu Siitonen (FIN) • 1978: Michael Wessing (FRG) • 1982: Uwe Hohn (GDR) • 1986: Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) • 1990: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1994: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1998: Steve Backley (GBR) • 2002: Steve Backley (GBR) • 2006: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2010: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
IAAF World / Continental Cup Champions in Men's Javelin Throw 1977: Michael Wessing (FRG) • 1979: Wolfgang Hanisch (GDR) • 1981: Dainis Kūla (URS) • 1985: Uwe Hohn (GDR) • 1989: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1992: Jan Železný (TCH) • 1994: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1998: Steve Backley (GBR) • 2002: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2006: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2010: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
World Best Year Performance in Men's Javelin Throw 1971: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1972: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1973: Klaus Wolfermann (FRG) • 1974: Hannu Siitonen (FIN) • 1975: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1976: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1977: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1978: Michael Wessing (FRG) • 1979: Pentti Sinersaari (FIN) • 1980: Ferenc Paragi (HUN) • 1981: Detlef Michel (GDR) • 1982: Bob Roggy (USA) • 1983: Tom Petranoff (USA) • 1984: Uwe Hohn (GDR) • 1985: Uwe Hohn (GDR) • 1986: Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) • 1987: Jan Železný (TCH) • 1988: Jan Železný (TCH) • 1989: Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) • 1990: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1991: Seppo Räty (FIN) • 1992: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1993: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1994: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1995: Raymond Hecht (GER) • 1996: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1997: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1998: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 1999: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 2000: Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE) • 2001: Jan Železný (CZE) • 2002: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2003: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2004: Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) • 2005: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) • 2006: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2007: Breaux Greer (USA) • 2008: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2009: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2010: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
Categories:- 1952 births
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