Karl Hein (11 June 1908 – 10 July 1982) was a German
hammer throw
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.
The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consis ...
er who won a gold medal at the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
held in
Berlin
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.
By the early 1930s Hein had married and retired from athletics. He resumed competing after watching a film about the 1932 Olympics, and remained active until the late 1950s, winning the national championships in 1936–38 and 1946–47 and placing second in 1956. In 1938 he set two world records and won the European title. In 1962 he was awarded the
Rudolf-Harbig-Gedächtnispreis.
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Hein died from a stroke aged 74. His son Karl-Peter also competed in the hammer throw, at national level.][
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References
1908 births
1982 deaths
German male hammer throwers
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for Germany
Athletes from Hamburg
European Athletics Championships medalists
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)
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