Wolfram Gambke (born 2 November 1959 in

Pinneberg Pinneberg (; Northern Low Saxon: ''Pinnbarg'') is a town in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. It is the capital of the Pinneberg (district), district of Pinneberg and has a population of about 43,500 inhabitants. Pinneb ...

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...

) is a retired

West German West Germany is the colloquial term used to indicate the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG; german: Bundesrepublik Deutschland , BRD) between its formation on 23 May 1949 and the German reunification through the accession of East Germany on 3 O ...

javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the ...

er.

Achievements

His personal bests are:
old javelin model: 85,90 m (1984)
new javelin model: 81,30 m (1986) (

Uwe Hohn Uwe Hohn (born 16 July 1962) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He is the only athlete to throw a javelin 100 metres or more, with his world record of . A new javelin design was implemented in 1986 an ...

having reached more than , a new javelin was introduced).

References

1959 births Living people People from Pinneberg West German male javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games silver medalists for West Germany Sportspeople from Schleswig-Holstein West German Athletics Championships winners {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub