Werner Günthör
Swiss shot putter (born 1961)
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Nationality | Swiss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 1 June 1961 Uttwil, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 128 kg (282 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 22.75 m (1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Werner Günthör (born 1 June 1961 in Uttwil) is a former Swiss track and field athlete, who was the best shot putter in the history of Swiss track and field.
Biography
Günthör won three straight World Championships, 1987, 1991, and 1993, as well as one European Championship in 1986. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul he won the bronze medal.
His personal best throw, and Swiss record, was 22.75 metres, achieved in August 1988 in Bern.[1]
The 2.00 meter tall athlete also competed in the bobsleigh. He trained to be a sanitation installer but later completed study in sports and works today as a sport teacher and track and field coach. He is married and lives in Erlach.[2]
References
- ^ Swiss athletics records Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "SOMMERSERIE: WAS TUN SIE HEUTE?: Kraftpaket in der Hängematte".
External links
- Werner Günthör at World Athletics
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Preceded by | Swiss Sportsman of the Year 1986 – 1987 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Swiss Sportsman of the Year 1991 | Succeeded by |
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World champions in men's shot put
- 1983: Edward Sarul (POL)
- 1987: Werner Günthör (SUI)
- 1991: Werner Günthör (SUI)
- 1993: Werner Günthör (SUI)
- 1995: John Godina (USA)
- 1997: John Godina (USA)
- 1999: C. J. Hunter (USA)
- 2001: John Godina (USA)
- 2003: Andrei Mikhnevich (BLR)
- 2005: Adam Nelson (USA)
- 2007: Reese Hoffa (USA)
- 2009: Christian Cantwell (USA)
- 2011: David Storl (GER)
- 2013: David Storl (GER)
- 2015: Joe Kovacs (USA)
- 2017: Tom Walsh (NZL)
- 2019: Joe Kovacs (USA)
- 2022: Ryan Crouser (USA)
- 2023: Ryan Crouser (USA)