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

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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. Hein died from a stroke aged 74. His son Karl-Peter also competed in the hammer throw, at national level.

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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) {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub