Wolfgang Warnemünde

Wolfgang Warnemünde
Personal information
Born (1951-05-08) May 8, 1951
Grevesmühlen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, East Germany
Height 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 117 kg (258 lb)
Sport
Country  East Germany
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Discus
Club SC Empor Rostock
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 67.56 m (1980)

Wolfgang Warnemünde (born 8 May 1953 in Grevesmühlen) is a retired East German discus thrower.

He finished eighth at the 1978 European Athletics Championships and won the bronze medal at the 1982 European Athletics Championships.

He represented the sports team SC Empor Rostock. He never became East German champion, but won silver medals at the national championships in 1977, 1978, 1982 and 1984.[1]

His personal best throw was 67.56 metres, achieved in June 1980 in Rostock. This result ranks him ninth among German discus throwers, behind Jürgen Schult, Lars Riedel, Wolfgang Schmidt, Armin Lemme, Hein-Direck Neu, Alwin Wagner, Michael Möllenbeck and Rolf Danneberg.[2]

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