Heinfried Birlenbach
German shot putter (1940–2020)
Heinfried Birlenbach (May 24, 1940 – November 11, 2020)[1] was a West German shot putter. He was born in Siegen.
Birlenbach finished fifth at the 1966 European Championships,[2] eighth at the 1968 Summer Olympics[3] and seventh at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the latter in a career best throw of 20.37 metres. This places him 26th on the German all-time list.[4] He also won the 1968 and 1969 European Indoor Games, the latter in a new championship record of 19.51 metres.[5] He became German champion six times in a row, from 1966 to 1971.[6] He competed for the sports club Sportfreunde Siegen during his active career.
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European Athletics Indoor Champions in men's shot put
- 1966:
Vilmos Varjú (HUN) - 1967:
Nikolay Karasyov (URS) - 1968:
Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG) - 1969: Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG)
- 1970:
Hartmut Briesenick (GDR) - 1971: Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
- 1972: Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
- 1973:
Jaroslav Brabec (TCH) - 1974:
Geoff Capes (GBR) - 1975:
Valcho Stoev (BUL) - 1976: Geoff Capes (GBR)
- 1977:
Hreinn Halldórsson (ISL) - 1978:
Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) - 1979: Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
- 1980:
Zlatan Saračević (YUG) - 1981: Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
- 1982: Vladimir Milić (YUG)
- 1983: Jānis Bojārs (URS)
- 1984: Jānis Bojārs (URS)
- 1985: Remigius Machura (TCH)
- 1986:
Werner Günthör (SUI) - 1987: Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
- 1988: Remigius Machura (TCH)
- 1989: Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
- 1990:
Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT) - 1992:
Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) - 1994: Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
- 1996:
Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) - 1998: Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)
- 2000: Timo Aaltonen (FIN)
- 2002:
Manuel Martínez (ESP) - 2005:
Joachim Olsen (DEN) - 2007:
Mikuláš Konopka (SVK) - 2009:
Tomasz Majewski (POL) - 2011: Ralf Bartels (GER)
- 2013:
Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) - 2015: David Storl (GER)
- 2017: Konrad Bukowiecki (POL)
- 2019: Michał Haratyk (POL)
- 2021: Tomáš Staněk (CZE)
- 2023: Zane Weir (ITA)
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