Peter Blank
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Peter Blank is a German
javelin throw
er. In his earlier career he was a decathlete, where he set the world record for longest javelin throw in a decathlon.
His personal best throw is 88.70 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Stuttgart
. This ranks him third among German javelin (new implement) throwers, only behind Raymond Hecht
and Boris Henry
. http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
javelin throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...
er. In his earlier career he was a decathlete, where he set the world record for longest javelin throw in a decathlon.
His personal best throw is 88.70 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Stuttgart
Stuttgart
Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
. This ranks him third among German javelin (new implement) throwers, only behind Raymond Hecht
Raymond Hecht
Raymond Hecht is a retired German javelin thrower. He represented SC Magdeburg in former East Germany....
and Boris Henry
Boris Henry
Boris Henry is a German javelin thrower. He has won the bronze medal in the World Championships twice, in 1995 and again in 2003....
. http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf
Achievements
| Representing | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | European Championships 1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. The final was held on 28 August 1990... |
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25th | 73.30 m |
| 1991 | World Championships 1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 41 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 26, 1991. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin... |
Tokyo, Japan | 11th | 72.62 m |
| 1993 | World Championships 1993 World Championships in Athletics - Men's Javelin These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total of 47 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday August 16, 1993. All results were made with rough surfaced javelin... |
Stuttgart, Germany | 29th | 74.10 m |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 20th | 74.88 m |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in... , USA |
9th | 81.82 m |
| 1998 | European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 7th | 83.66 m |
| 1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 13th | 80.89 m |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 17th | 80.96 m |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 8th | 80.34 m |
| World Athletics Final 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final The 1st IAAF World Athletics Final was held at the Stade Louis II, in Monte Carlo, Monaco on 13 September and 14 September 2003.The hammer throw event for men and women had to take place in Szombathely, Hungary a week previous as the Monaco stadium was not large enough to hold the event.One of the... |
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6th | ||