Detlef Michel
Detlef Michel (born October 13, 1955 in Berlin) is a German track and field athlete. He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world's best in the javelin throw. His most important result came when he won the World Championship title in Helsinki 1983 with a throw of 89.48 meters in adverse conditions (rain), beating world record holder Tom Petranoff (99.72m, 5 May 1983) of the USA by a comfortable margin. In fact, Michel threw the four longest throws of the final.He competed in the Olympic Games twice, in 1980 and 1988, but went out in the qualifying round both times. He was unable to compete in 1984 due to his country's boycott of the games in Los Angeles and retired from professional sports in 1990.
Michel represented the Berlin sport club and trained with Peter Börner. During his career he was 1.84 meters tall and weighed 93 kilograms.
Michel's personal best under the old (pre-1986) javelin design specifications of 96.72 meters, thrown in Berlin on June 8, 1983, was for a while tied with Ferenc Paragi for second best in the world, behind only Petranoff's world record; it was later also exceeded by Uwe Hohn. Provided by Wikipedia
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2by Janis A. Müller, Mirja Harms, Axel Schubert, Stephanie Jansen, Detlef Michel, Thomas Mertens, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Jan MünchGet full text
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3by Jochen J Frietsch, Detlef Michel, Thomas Stamminger, Friederike Hunstig, Sebastian Birndt, Ulf Schnetzke, Sebastian Scholl, Andreas Hochhaus, Inken HilgendorfGet full text
Published 2019-01-01
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4by Jörg Hofmann, Helga Meisel, Boris Klempa, Silvan M. Vesenbeckh, Robert Beck, Detlef Michel, Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit, Rainer G. Ulrich, Sebastian Grund, Gisela Enders, Detlev H. KrugerGet full text
Published 2008-05-01
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5by Markus Wild, Jintawee Kicuntod, Lisa Seyler, Christina Wangen, Luca D. Bertzbach, Andelé M. Conradie, Benedikt B. Kaufer, Sabrina Wagner, Detlef Michel, Jan Eickhoff, Svetlana B. Tsogoeva, Tobias Bäuerle, Friedrich Hahn, Manfred MarschallGet full text
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6by Rüdiger von Kries, Susanne Weiss, Gerhard Falkenhorst, Stephan Wirth, Petra Kaiser, Hans-Iko Huppertz, Tobias Tenenbaum, Horst Schroten, Andrea Streng, Johannes Liese, Sonu Shai, Tim Niehues, Hermann Girschick, Ellen Kuscher, Axel Sauerbrey, Jochen Peters, Carl Heinz Wirsing von König, Simon Rückinger, Walter Hampl, Detlef Michel, Thomas MertensGet full text
Published 2011-01-01
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