Peter Sack

Peter Sack ( born July 27, 1979 in Schkeuditz ) is a former German shot putter.

The first international appearance was Peter Sack at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. With a best jump of 20.32 m and a German Vice Champion with 20.22 m he had qualified for it. In Athens, he came in qualifying 19,09 m wide, not in the finals and eventually finished 28th place

The year 2007 was the most successful year for Peter Sack. It began with the victory at the German Indoor Athletics Championships in his hometown of Leipzig. He won gold with jointed 19,70 m.

Outdoors, he played nine tournaments in 2007 and won seven of them. On June 10, he succeeded in Beautiful Beck his first 21-meter shock - the ball landed exactly on the 21 -meter mark. The jersey of the DLV he won the shot put competition at the European Cup in Munich and won the Erfurt Steigerwaldstadion his first German championship in the open. The butted 20.68 m meant the title and qualifying for the World Championships in Osaka. Only in the last attempt went with this bag width at its competitors Ralf Bartels past.

In Osaka bag but then had to fight with an injury. Because chest muscle discomfort he could in qualifying only deny a try. This was not enough for the final.

On 17 May 2008, he improved his personal record in Versmold to 21.19 m and was nominated for the Olympic Games in Beijing. In the local qualifier for the final battle, he failed with 20.01 m at the required length. The twelfth and last -place finish snatched the Russian Ivan Yushkov away with just one more inches ( 20.02 m).

In 2010 he announced his retirement from competitive sports.

Peter Sack had a competition weight of 135 kg at a height of 1.92 m. He started in 1997 for the LAZ Leipzig. His brother René bag was also shot putter.

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