Karl Hein

Karl Hein

Hein in 1936
Personal information
Born	11 June 1908 Hamburg, Germany[1]
Died	10 July 1982 (aged 74) Hamburg, Germany
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	103 kg (227 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hammer throw
Club	SV St. Georg, Hamburg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	58.77 (1938)[1][2]
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1936 Berlin Hammer throw European Championships 1938 Vienna Hammer throw

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

By early 1930s Hein had married and retired from athletics. He resumed competing after watching a film about the 1932 Olympics, and remained active until late 1950s, winning the national championships in 1936–38 and 1946–47 and placing second in 1956. In 1938 he set two world records and won the European title. In 1962 he was awarded the Rudolf-Harbig-Gedächtnispreis.^[1]

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

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