Heinz Weis (born 14 July 1963) is a male former

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er from Germany. He competed for West Germany until 1990. Weis was born in

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, and at club level represented TV 1863 Germania Trier. He was coached initially by Ernst Klement and later by

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coaches Rudolf Hars and Bernhard Rieder. He competed in four

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. His personal best throw was 83.04 metres, achieved in June 1997 in

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. This ranks him second among German hammer throwers, only behind

Ralf Haber Ralf Haber (born 18 August 1962 in Altenburg, Thuringia) is a retired East German hammer thrower. His personal best throw was 83.40 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Athens Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai ...

. While he was active he was 1.93 m and 125 kg. He has one daughter (Theresa).

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* * * 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Trier German male hammer throwers West German male hammer throwers Olympic athletes of West Germany Olympic athletes of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for West Germany Universiade silver medalists for West Germany Universiade bronze medalists for Germany World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade {{Germany-hammer-bio-stub