Werner Reiterer
Austrian-born Australian discus thrower and shot putter
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Full name | Werner Josef Reiterer | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 27 January 1968 (1968-01-27) (age 56) Hohenems, Vorarlberg, Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Werner Josef Reiterer (born 27 January 1968 in Hohenems, Vorarlberg) is an Austrian-born retired discus thrower and shot putter from Australia, who represented the latter at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea). His best result was winning the title in the men's discus throw at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Reiterer is an eight-time national champion in the discus throw.
In his book 'Positive' he admitted to five years of performance-enhancing drug use,[1] but claimed he only used them later in his career.[2]
Achievements
- All results concerning discus throw
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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1985 | Pacific Conference Games | Berkeley, United States | 6th | 50.46 m |
1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, Scotland | 3rd | 57.34 m |
World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 2nd | 58.64 m | |
1988 | Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 15th | 59.78 m |
1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 2nd | 61.56 m |
1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 17th | 60.40 m |
1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 10th | 60.12 m |
1994 | Commonwealth Games | Victoria, Canada | 1st | 62.76 m |
1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 30th | 57.60 m |
References
- Werner Reiterer at Australian Athletics Historical Results
External links
- Werner Reiterer at World Athletics
- Werner Reiterer at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Werner Reiterer at Olympics.com
- Werner Reiterer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Commonwealth Games champions in men's discus throw
- 1930: Harry Hart (SAF)
- 1934: Harry Hart (SAF)
- 1938: Eric Coy (CAN)
- 1950: Ian Reed (AUS)
- 1954: Fanie du Plessis (SAF)
- 1958: Fanie du Plessis (SAF)
- 1962: Warwick Selvey (AUS)
- 1966: Les Mills (NZL)
- 1970: George Puce (CAN)
- 1974: Robin Tait (NZL)
- 1978: Borys Chambul (CAN)
- 1982: Brad Cooper (BAH)
- 1986: Ray Lazdins (CAN)
- 1990: Adewale Olukoju (NGR)
- 1994: Werner Reiterer (AUS)
- 1998: Robert Weir (ENG)
- 2002: Frantz Kruger (RSA)
- 2006: Scott Martin (AUS)
- 2010: Benn Harradine (AUS)
- 2014: Vikas Gowda (IND)
- 2018: Fedrick Dacres (JAM)
- 2022: Matthew Denny (AUS)
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