- Heinfried Birlenbach
Heinfried Birlenbach (born
May 24 1940 inSiegen ) is a retired West Germanshot put ter.He finished fifth at the 1966 European Championships [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/european/1966_m.asp 1966 European Championships, men's results] - Sporting Heroes] , eighth at the
1968 Summer Olympics [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/olympics/1968_m.asp 1968 Summer Olympics, men's results] - Sporting Heroes] and seventh at the1972 Summer Olympics , the latter in a career best throw of 20.37 metres. This places him 26th on the German all-time list. [ [http://www.ladgld.de/debl/HKUGEL.TXT German all-time list, men's shot put] ]He also won the 1968 and
1969 European Indoor Games , the latter in a new championship record of 19.51 metres. [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ei.htm European Indoor Championships (Men)] - GBR Athletics] He became German champion six times in a row, from 1966 to 1971. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/103.html German championships - men's shot put] ]He competed for the sports club
Sportfreunde Siegen during his active career.References
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