His personal best throw was 94.22 metres (with the old javelin type), achieved on August 3, 1978 in Oslo. It was the best throw in the world that year, and at the time second overall only to Miklós 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 only Uwe Hohn and Detlef 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]
Referencesedit
^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Full name: Michael Thomas Maria Wessing
^ ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
michael, wessing, michael, thomas, maria, wessing, august, 1952, 2019, german, javelin, thrower, personal, informationfull, namemichael, thomas, maria, wessingnationality, germanyborn, 1952, august, 1952recklinghausen, north, rhine, westphalia, west, germanydi. Michael Thomas Maria Wessing 29 August 1952 7 May 2019 was a German javelin thrower Michael WessingPersonal informationFull nameMichael Thomas Maria WessingNationality GermanyBorn 1952 08 29 29 August 1952Recklinghausen North Rhine Westphalia West GermanyDied7 May 2019 2019 05 07 aged 66 Height1 82 m 6 ft 0 in Weight88 kg 194 lb SportCountry West GermanySportAthleticsEventJavelin throwClubTV WattenscheidAchievements and titlesPersonal best94 22 m 1978 Medal record Men s athletics Representing West Germany European Championships 1978 Prague Javelin throw He finished fourteenth at the 1974 European Championships won the gold medal at the 1978 European Championships and finished ninth at the 1976 Summer Olympics 1 Representing the sports team TV 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 the old javelin type achieved on August 3 1978 in Oslo It was the best throw in the world that year and at the time second overall only to Miklos Nemeth 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 only Uwe Hohn and Detlef 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 References edit Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Michael Wessing Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 4 December 2016 Full name Michael Thomas Maria Wessing German championships men s javelin throw Ewige Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik Eternal list of the best in German athletics PDF leichtathletik de in German Deutscher Leichtathletik Verband Archived from the original PDF on 4 July 2007 Trauer um Speerwerfer Wessing in German External links editMichael Wessing at Olympics com Michael Wessing at Olympedia nbsp This biographical article relating to West German athletics is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Michael Wessing amp oldid 1195057047, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
