Klaus Wolfermann
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Key facts
- Nationality
- Germany
- Born
- 31 March 1946 ( 1946-03-31 ) , Altdorf bei Nürnberg , Bavaria , Germany
- Died
- 18 December 2024 (2024-12-18) (aged 78)
- Height
- 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
- Weight
- 88 kg (194 lb)
- Country
- West Germany
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Javelin throw
- Club
- Sportverein Gendorf
- Personal best
- 94.08 m (1973)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Klaus
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Altdorf bei Nürnberg
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- 1972 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Germany
- Mass
- 88
- Image
- Klaus Wolfermann c1974.jpg
- Height
- 176
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- Klaus Wolfermann
- date of birth
- 1946-03-31
- sports discipline competed in
- javelin throw
- date of death
- 2024-12-18
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Encyclopedic overview
Klaus Wolfermann ( German pronunciation: [klaʊs ˈvɔlfɐman] ; 31 March 1946 – 18 December 2024) was a German javelin thrower. He represented West Germany and won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and set a world record in 1973.
The javelin competition at the 1972 Games was the closest in Olympic history. Wolfermann had taken the lead from Jānis Lūsis of the USSR in the fifth round with an Olympic Record throw of 90.48 meters. Then, in the sixth and final round, Lūsis let fly with a very long effort that measured at 90.46 meters – Wolfermann's two centimeter margin was, at the time, the smallest unit of measurement used in javelin competitions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Klaus Wolfermann” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.