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| Full name | Michael Thomas Maria Wessing | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1952-08-29)29 August 1952 Recklinghausen,North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 May 2019(2019-05-07) (aged 66) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | West Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Javelin throw | ||||||||||||||
| Club | TV Wattenscheid | ||||||||||||||
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| Personalbest | 94.22 m (1978) | ||||||||||||||
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Michael Thomas Maria Wessing (29 August 1952 – 7 May 2019) was a Germanjavelin thrower.
He finished fourteenth at the1974 European Championships, won the gold medal at the1978 European Championships and finished ninth at the1976 Summer Olympics.[1] Representing the sports teamTV Wattenscheid, he became West German champion six years in a row in the years 1975 to 1980.[2]
His personal best throw was 94.22 metres (with theold javelin type), achieved on 3 August 1978 inOslo. It was the best throw in the world that year, and at the time second overall only toMiklós Németh's 1976 world record of 94.58. When new javelin design rules came into force in April 1986, Wessing still stood as the eighth-best performer worldwide; in Germany onlyUwe Hohn andDetlef Michel, both from East Germany, had longer throws.[3]
He died on 7 May 2019, at the age of 66, due to complications from surgery.[4]
Full name: Michael Thomas Maria Wessing
European Athletics Championships champions in men'sjavelin throw | |
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IAAF World / Continental Cup champions in men'sjavelin throw | |
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