Werner Günthör
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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
[edit]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]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| 1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 15th (q) | 19.18 m |
| 1984 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 2nd | 20.33 m |
| Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 5th | 20.28 m | |
| 1985 | European Indoor Championships | Piraeus, Greece | 3rd | 21.23 m |
| 1986 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | 1st | 21.51 m |
| European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 1st | 22.22 m | |
| 1987 | European Indoor Championships | Liévin, France | 2nd | 21.53 m |
| World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 2nd | 21.61 m | |
| World Championships | Rome, Italy | 1st | 22.23 m | |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 3rd | 21.99 m |
| 1989 | World Cup | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | 21.40 m1 |
| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 21.17 m |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 1st | 21.67 m | |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 4th | 20.91 m |
| World Cup | Havana, Cuba | 3rd | 19.75 m1 | |
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 1st | 21.97 m |
1Representing Europe
References
[edit]- ^ Swiss athletics records Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "SOMMERSERIE: WAS TUN SIE HEUTE?: Kraftpaket in der Hängematte". 22 July 2016.
External links
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World Indoor Champions in men's shot put | |
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European Athletics Championships champions in men's shot put | |
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Categories:
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Swiss male shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Switzerland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Switzerland
- Swiss male bobsledders
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- People from Arbon District
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Switzerland
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Sportspeople from Thurgau
- 20th-century Swiss sportsmen