Klaus Ploghaus
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Born | (1956-01-31)31 January 1956 Gelnhausen, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 January 2022(2022-01-11) (aged 65) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Men's Hammer throw | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Bayer Leverkusen | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best | 81.32 m (1986) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Klaus Dieter Ploghaus (31 January 1956 – 11 January 2022) was a West German hammer thrower. He was born in Gelnhausen, Hesse.
His biggest success came at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the bronze medal.[1] In addition he finished twelfth at the 1978 European Championships, eighth at the 1982 European Championships, sixth at the 1983 World Championships and ninth at the 1986 European Championships.
His personal best throw was 81.32 metres, achieved in May 1986 in Paderborn. This ranks him seventh among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günther Rodehau, Holger Klose and Christoph Sahner.[2]
Ploghaus died on 11 January 2022, at the age of 65.[3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Klaus Ploghaus". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
- ^ "Flash-News des Tages". Leichtathletik. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
External links
- Klaus Ploghaus at World Athletics
- Klaus Ploghaus at Olympics.com
- Klaus Ploghaus at Olympedia
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- 1960: Hal Connolly (USA)
- 1961: Hal Connolly (USA)
- 1962: Hal Connolly (USA)
- 1963: Heinrich Thun (AUT)
- 1964: Hal Connolly (USA)
- 1965: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)
- 1966: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)
- 1967: Ed Burke (USA)
- 1968: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN)
- 1969: Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)
- 1970: Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)
- 1971: Walter Schmidt (FRG)
- 1972: Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)
- 1973: Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS)
- 1974: Aleksey Spiridonov (URS)
- 1975: Walter Schmidt (FRG)
- 1976: Yuriy Sedykh (URS)
- 1977: Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)
- 1978: Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG)
- 1979: Sergey Litvinov (URS)
- 1980: Yuriy Sedykh (URS)
- 1981: Klaus Ploghaus (FRG)
- 1982: Sergey Litvinov (URS)
- 1983: Sergey Litvinov (URS)
- 1984: Yuriy Sedykh (URS)
- 1985: Jüri Tamm (URS)
- 1986: Yuriy Sedykh (URS)
- 1987: Sergey Litvinov (URS)
- 1988: Yuriy Sedykh (URS)
- 1989: Heinz Weis (FRG)
- 1990: Igor Nikulin (URS)
- 1991: Igor Astapkovich (BLR)
- 1992: Igor Astapkovich (BLR)
- 1993: Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)
- 1994: Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)
- 1995: Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)
- 1996: Lance Deal (USA)
- 1997: Heinz Weis (GER)
- 1998: Tibor Gécsek (HUN)
- 1999: Karsten Kobs (GER)
- 2000: Igor Astapkovich (BLR)
- 2001: Koji Murofushi (JPN)
- 2002: Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)
- 2003: Koji Murofushi (JPN)
- 2005: Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)
- 2005: Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)
- 2006: Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)
- 2008: Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)
- 2008: Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)
- 2009: Primož Kozmus (SLO)
- 2010: Koji Murofushi (JPN)
- 2011: Krisztián Pars (HUN)
- 2012: Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)
- 2013: Krisztián Pars (HUN)
- 2014: Paweł Fajdek (POL)
- 2015: Paweł Fajdek (POL)
- 2016: Paweł Fajdek (POL)
- 2017: Paweł Fajdek (POL)
- 2018: Wojciech Nowicki (POL)
- 2019: Wojciech Nowicki (POL)
- 2020: Rudy Winkler (USA)
- 2021: Paweł Fajdek (POL)
- 2022: Wojciech Nowicki (POL)
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