Heinfried Birlenbach
Heinfried Birlenbach (May 24, 1940 – November 11, 2020)[1] was a West German shot putter. He was born in Siegen.
Birlenbach finished fifth at the 1966 European Championships,[2] eighth at the 1968 Summer Olympics[3] and seventh at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the latter in a career best throw of 20.37 metres. This places him 26th on the German all-time list.[4] He also won the 1968 and 1969 European Indoor Games, the latter in a new championship record of 19.51 metres.[5] He became German champion six times in a row, from 1966 to 1971.[6] He competed for the sports club Sportfreunde Siegen during his active career.
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- 1966: Vilmos Varjú (HUN)
- 1967: Nikolay Karasyov (URS)
- 1968: Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG)
- 1969: Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG)
- 1970: Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
- 1971: Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
- 1972: Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
- 1973: Jaroslav Brabec (TCH)
- 1974: Geoff Capes (GBR)
- 1975: Valcho Stoev (BUL)
- 1976: Geoff Capes (GBR)
- 1977: Hreinn Halldórsson (ISL)
- 1978: Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
- 1979: Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
- 1980: Zlatan Saračević (YUG)
- 1981: Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
- 1982: Vladimir Milić (YUG)
- 1983: Jānis Bojārs (URS)
- 1984: Jānis Bojārs (URS)
- 1985: Remigius Machura (TCH)
- 1986: Werner Günthör (SUI)
- 1987: Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
- 1988: Remigius Machura (TCH)
- 1989: Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
- 1990: Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT)
- 1992: Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
- 1994: Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
- 1996: Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA)
- 1998: Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)
- 2000: Timo Aaltonen (FIN)
- 2002: Manuel Martínez (ESP)
- 2005: Joachim Olsen (DEN)
- 2007: Mikuláš Konopka (SVK)
- 2009: Tomasz Majewski (POL)
- 2011: Ralf Bartels (GER)
- 2013: Asmir Kolašinac (SRB)
- 2015: David Storl (GER)
- 2017: Konrad Bukowiecki (POL)
- 2019: Michał Haratyk (POL)
- 2021: Tomáš Staněk (CZE)
- 2023: Zane Weir (ITA)
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