Heinfried Birlenbach
Heinfried Birlenbach (May 24, 1940 – November 11, 2020)[1] was a West German shot putter. He was born in Siegen.
Birlenbach finished fifth at the 1966 European Championships,[2] eighth at the 1968 Summer Olympics[3] and seventh at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the latter in a career best throw of 20.37 metres. This places him 26th on the German all-time list.[4] He also won the 1968 and 1969 European Indoor Games, the latter in a new championship record of 19.51 metres.[5] He became German champion six times in a row, from 1966 to 1971.[6] He competed for the sports club Sportfreunde Siegen during his active career.
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- 1966:
Vilmos Varjú (HUN)
- 1967:
Nikolay Karasyov (URS)
- 1968:
Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG)
- 1969:
Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG)
- 1970:
Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
- 1971:
Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
- 1972:
Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
- 1973:
Jaroslav Brabec (TCH)
- 1974:
Geoff Capes (GBR)
- 1975:
Valcho Stoev (BUL)
- 1976:
Geoff Capes (GBR)
- 1977:
Hreinn Halldórsson (ISL)
- 1978:
Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
- 1979:
Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
- 1980:
Zlatan Saračević (YUG)
- 1981:
Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
- 1982:
Vladimir Milić (YUG)
- 1983:
Jānis Bojārs (URS)
- 1984:
Jānis Bojārs (URS)
- 1985:
Remigius Machura (TCH)
- 1986:
Werner Günthör (SUI)
- 1987:
Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
- 1988:
Remigius Machura (TCH)
- 1989:
Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
- 1990:
Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT)
- 1992:
Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
- 1994:
Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
- 1996:
Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA)
- 1998:
Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)
- 2000:
Timo Aaltonen (FIN)
- 2002:
Manuel Martínez (ESP)
- 2005:
Joachim Olsen (DEN)
- 2007:
Mikuláš Konopka (SVK)
- 2009:
Tomasz Majewski (POL)
- 2011:
Ralf Bartels (GER)
- 2013:
Asmir Kolašinac (SRB)
- 2015:
David Storl (GER)
- 2017:
Konrad Bukowiecki (POL)
- 2019:
Michał Haratyk (POL)
- 2021:
Tomáš Staněk (CZE)
- 2023:
Zane Weir (ITA)
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