Rolf Danneberg is a former Germa

Germany

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n athlete who, representing West Germany

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, won the gold medal in 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...

 at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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 with 66.60 metres. He won the Olympic bronze medal in 1988

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

 in Seoul

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In addition he finished eleventh at the 1986 European Championships

1986 European Championships in Athletics

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, fourth at the 1987 World Championships

1987 World Championships in Athletics

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 and sixth at the 1990 European Championships

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 ....

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His personal best throw was 67,60 metres, achieved in May 1987 in Berlin

Berlin

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. This result ranks him eighth among German discus throwers, behind Jürgen Schult

Jürgen Schult

Jürgen Schult is a former German track and field athlete and the current world record holder in the discus throw since 1986, currently the longest standing record in men's track and field...

, Lars Riedel

Lars Riedel

Lars Riedel a former German discus thrower. Riedel has the sixth longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50m....

, Wolfgang Schmidt

Wolfgang Schmidt

Wolfgang Schmidt is a former German track and field athlete, who competed for East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the discus throw. A former world record holder, he also won several medals at the European Championships in Athletics. Schmidt made headlines in 1982...

, Armin Lemme

Armin Lemme

Armin Lemme is a former track and field athlete from East Germany who competed in the men's discus throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He set his personal best in 1982.-Achievements:...

, Hein-Direck Neu, Alwin Wagner

Alwin Wagner

Alwin Josef Wagner is a West German discus thrower, who was affiliated with Union Sportclub Mainz....

 and Michael Möllenbeck

Michael Möllenbeck

Michael Möllenbeck is a German discus thrower.His greatest achievements are two World Championship bronze medals, and his bronze at the 2005 World Championships was especially welcome as Germany struggled to win medals.His personal best throw is 67.64 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Dortmund...

. He is a three-time national champion

National champions discus throw (men)

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 for West Germany in the discus throw.

He currently works as a trainer, coaching Markus Münch for the 2009 World Championships

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The Men's Discus Throw event at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on August 18 and August 19.As the only man to throw in excess of seventy metres that season, reigning world and Olympic champion Gerd Kanter of Estonia was the event favourite...

in Berlin.