Lars Riedel (born June 28, 1967 in Zwickau

Zwickau

Zwickau in Germany, former seat of the government of the south-western region of the Free State of Saxony, belongs to an industrial and economical core region. Nowadays it is the capital city of the district of Zwickau...

, Saxony

Saxony

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) a former German discus throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

er. Riedel has the sixth longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50m.

Riedel began his discus career in GDR the former German Democratic Republic. He grew up in Thurm which is next to Zwickau. In 1983 he went to join SC Karl-Marx-Stadt. His first important competitions were the IAAF World Junior Championship

IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics

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 in 1986

1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics

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 and the European Championship

European Championships in Athletics

The European Athletics Championships is an event organized by the European Athletic Association. It is organised every four years, the same year as the Commonwealth Games and between the Summer Olympic Games cycle. After the 2010 Championships in Barcelona, the European Championships will take...

 in 1990

1990 European Championships in Athletics

The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, a city in Croatia .It was the last participation of East Germany ....

. When the GDR went down Riedel stopped training regularly. Soon after Riedel met his coach Karlheinz Steinmetz from USC Mainz

Mainz

Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...

 he began training once again his sport career. In the 90's he became a dominating figure on the German discus scene. With his good physical constitution (1.99 m, 115 kg) he took part in the Olympic Games of Atlanta

1996 Summer Olympics

The 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad and unofficially known as the Centennial Olympics, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, United States....

. There he won his only Olympic title

Gold medal

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. Furthermore he won the IAAF World Championship

IAAF World Championships in Athletics

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 five times.

He is separated from his wife Kerstin. They have a son, Robert.

Achievements

Representing
1997	IAAF Grand Prix Final 1997 IAAF Grand Prix Final The 13th IAAF Grand Prix Final was held at the Hakata-no-mori Stadium in Fukuoka, Japan on September 13, 1997.-Men:- Women :-External links:*...	Fukuoka, Japan	1st	67.98 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	1st	67.07 m
2000	Olympic Games Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...	Sydney, Australia	2nd	68.50 m
2001	World Championships 2001 World Championships in Athletics - Men's discus throw These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 8 August 2001...	Edmonton, Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...	1st	69.72 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	64.11 m 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw The men's discus throw at the 2006 European Athletics Championships were held at the Ullevi on August 10 and August 12.-Medalists:-Schedule:-Qualification:...

• Olympic title 1996 in Atlanta (Foul – Foul – 65,40m – 63,10m – 69,40m – 69,24m)
• 5 times world champion (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001)
• European champion 1998
• 3rd Place World championship 1999
• 2nd Place Olympic Games in Sydney 2000
• 10 times German champion

External links

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