Hartmut Weber

Hartmut Weber ( born October 17, 1960 in Kamen ) is a former German athlete who - starting for the Federal Republic - in the 1980s was a successful 400 - meter runner. In 1982 he became double European champion in the individual competition and in the season and won 1983 world championship silver team.

Life

Weber was in the youth field German champion over 400 meters and 400 meter hurdles. At the European Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz in 1979, he won the 400m and the 4 x 400 - meter relay gold. In the adult area, he won with the DLV relay at the European Cup in Turin. The following year he was at nineteen of the season at the World Fastest years, but was not launched in Moscow because of the boycott of the Olympic Games.

In 1981, he won the 400 m at the European Cup in Zagreb. At the World Cup in Rome, he started for the team in Europe and was fourth on 400 meters and second in the relay. The following year, he won the European Championships in Athens, both in single as well as with the DLV Quartet. In Athens, Weber also set up his personal best over 400 meters with 44.72 seconds. In 1983 he again won the European Cup, which was held in London. At the World Championships in Rome, he was fifth and won with the DLV Season the silver medal. For the 1984 Olympics, he was nominated. However, due to an injury he had to prematurely depart from Los Angeles.

Hartmut Weber was 1981, 1983 and 1984 German indoor champion over 400 meters, 1981 and 1983, he won the title in the open. 1980, 1982 and 1984 he was runner-up behind each Erwin Skamrahl.

First Weber belonged to the VfL ​​Kamen, 1977 the OSC Dortmund and from 1983 again VfL Kamen. In his playing days, he was 1.86 m tall and weighed 70 kg. After his sports career, the Diploma in Public Administration worked as a tax auditor. Since 2003 he has been at the German Handball Federation has and there especially for the finance charge.

Hartmut Weber is a board member of Friends of Athletics and serves since 2013 in cooperation with the German Athletics Association volunteer a nationwide project to promote student athletes at the stadium round.

International success

  • Place 1 of the 4 x 400 - meter relay in Weltjahresbestleistung (together with Franz -Peter Hofmeister, Lothar war and Harald Schmid)
  • Member of the Olympic team (but boycott )
  • 1st place in the 400 - meter dash ( 45.32 s )
  • 1st place in the 400 - meter dash ( 44.72 s )
  • Place 1 of the 4 x 400 - meter relay ( 3:00,51 min, together with Erwin Skamrahl, Harald Schmid and Thomas Giessing; Hartmut Weber -cage rotor )
  • 5th place in the 400 - meter dash ( 45.49 s )
  • Place 2 of the 4 x 400 - meter relay ( 3:01,83 min, together with Erwin Skamrahl, Jörg Vaihingen and Harald Schmid; Hartmut Weber -cage rotor )
  • 1st place in the 400 - meter dash ( 45.39 s )
400 metres 4 × 400 metres relay European Cup (athletics) 1981 IAAF World Cup 1982 European Athletics Championships 1983 World Championships in Athletics Franz-Peter Hofmeister Lothar Krieg International Association of Athletics Federations Adolf Metzner Godfrey Brown Derek Pugh John Wrighton Robbie Brightwell Jan Werner (athlete) David Jenkins (athlete) Roger Black Iwan Thomas Ingo Schultz Marc Raquil
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