Hermann Lingnau (22 October 1936 – 16 August 2018)Hermann Lingnau's obituary
was a German

shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. The shot put competition for men has been a part of the modern Olympics since their revival in 1896, and women's ...

ter who competed in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. He was born in

Kassel Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...

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1936 births 2018 deaths German male shot putters Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for West Germany Sportspeople from Kassel People from Hesse-Nassau Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade {{Germany-shotput-bio-stub