Karl Hein (athlete)
German hammer thrower
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Karl Hein (11 June 1908 – 10 July 1982) was a German hammer thrower who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Born | 11 June 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 July 1982 (aged 74) Hamburg, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Hammer throw | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SV St. Georg, Hamburg | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 58.77 (1938)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
By the early 1930s Hein had married and retired from athletics. He resumed competing after watching a film about the 1932 Olympics, winning the national championships in 1936–38.
At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Hein won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw competition.[3]
Hein won the British AAA Championships title in the hammer throw event at the 1937 AAA Championships[4][5][6] and in 1938 he set two world records and won the European title.[1]
He won the German national championships in 1946–47 and placed second in 1956.[1] In 1962 he was awarded the Rudolf-Harbig-Gedächtnispreis.[1]
Hein died from a stroke aged 74. His son Karl-Peter also competed in the hammer throw, at national level.[1]
