Uwe Beyer (14 April 1945 – 15 April 1993) was a West Germanhammer thrower. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won the bronze medal in 1964, representing the United Team of Germany, and later finished fourth in 1972 representing West Germany. He won the European title in 1971 and finished third in 1966 and fifth in 1974. Domestically Beyer won eight consecutive German titles in 1964–71, and received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt in 1964. He also starred as Siegfried in Die Nibelungen (1966/1967 film). Beyer had a degree in physical education and in retirement ran a sports store in Mainz. His father Erich competed nationally in the shot put.[2]
Beyer suffered a fatal heart attack while playing tennis in the Turkish beach resort of Belek, possibly as a delayed result of the use of anabolic steroids throughout his career, to which he freely admitted in a 1977 interview in the "Aktuelles Sportstudio" on ZDF.[2][3]
beyer, april, 1945, april, 1993, west, german, hammer, thrower, competed, 1964, 1968, 1972, olympics, bronze, medal, 1964, representing, united, team, germany, later, finished, fourth, 1972, representing, west, germany, european, title, 1971, finished, third, . Uwe Beyer 14 April 1945 15 April 1993 was a West German hammer thrower He competed at the 1964 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won the bronze medal in 1964 representing the United Team of Germany and later finished fourth in 1972 representing West Germany He won the European title in 1971 and finished third in 1966 and fifth in 1974 Domestically Beyer won eight consecutive German titles in 1964 71 and received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt in 1964 He also starred as Siegfried in Die Nibelungen 1966 1967 film Beyer had a degree in physical education and in retirement ran a sports store in Mainz His father Erich competed nationally in the shot put 2 Uwe BeyerUwe Beyer in 1972Personal informationBorn 1945 04 14 14 April 1945Timmendorf Schleswig Holstein GermanyDied15 April 1993 1993 04 15 aged 48 Belek TurkeyHeight1 91 m 6 ft 3 in Weight108 kg 238 lb SportSportAthleticsEventHammer throwClubHolstein KielBayer LeverkusenUniversitatssportclub MainzAchievements and titlesPersonal best74 90 m 1971 1 Medal record Representing GermanyOlympic Games1964 Tokyo Hammer throwRepresenting West GermanyEuropean ChampionshipsBudapest 1966 Hammer throwHelsinki 1971 Hammer throwBeyer suffered a fatal heart attack while playing tennis in the Turkish beach resort of Belek possibly as a delayed result of the use of anabolic steroids throughout his career to which he freely admitted in a 1977 interview in the Aktuelles Sportstudio on ZDF 2 3 References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uwe Beyer Uwe Beyer trackfield brinkster net a b Uwe Beyer sports reference com 15 04 1993 Uwe Beyer in German doping frei de Archived from the original on 2 March 2008 nbsp nbsp This article about an athletics Olympic medalist for Germany is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Uwe Beyer amp oldid 1215614169, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
