For the Estonian footballer, see Karl Hein (footballer).

Karl Hein (11 June 1908 – 10 July 1982) was a German hammer thrower who won a gold medal at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

By the early 1930s Hein had married and retired from athletics. He resumed competing after watching a film about the 1932 Olympics, winning the national championships in 1936–38.

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, Hein won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw competition.[3]

Hein won the British AAA Championships title in the hammer throw event at the 1937 AAA Championships[4][5][6] and in 1938 he set two world records and won the European title.[1]

He won the German national championships in 1946–47 and placed second in 1956.[1] In 1962 he was awarded the Rudolf-Harbig-Gedächtnispreis.[1]

Hein died from a stroke aged 74. His son Karl-Peter also competed in the hammer throw, at national level.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Karl Hein. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Karl Hein. trackfield.brinkster.net
  3. ^ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  4. ^ "The Athletic Championships". Liverpool Daily Post. 17 July 1937. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Six records go by the board at White City". Evening Despatch. 19 July 1937. Retrieved 18 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 18 January 2025.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Hein_(athlete)
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