Karl-Hans Riehm

Karl-Hans Riehm

Personal information
Born	May 31, 1951 Konz, Rhineland-Palatinate, West Germany
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	112 kg (247 lb)
Sport
Country	West Germany
Sport	Men’s athletics
Event(s)	Men's Hammer throw
Club	SV Germania Trier TV Wattenscheid
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	80.80 m (1980)
Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for  West Germany Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Hammer throw European Championships 1978 Prague Hammer throw

Karl-Hans Riehm (born 31 May 1951 in Konz, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a former West German hammer thrower.

His biggest success came at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the silver medal. At the previous Olympics he had a tenth place from 1972 and a fourth place from 1976. In addition he won the bronze medal at the 1978 European Championships and finished seventh at the 1983 World Championships.

His personal best throw was 80.80 metres, achieved in July 1980 in Rhede. This ranks him tenth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günther Rodehau, Holger Klose, Christoph Sahner, Klaus Ploghaus, Markus Esser and Matthias Moder.^[1]

References

1. "German all-time lists (updated September 2006)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2007

• Karl-Hans Riehm profile at IAAF