Martin Weppler
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Representing  West Germany
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| European Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1978 Prague | 4 × 400m relay |
Martin Weppler (born 21 February 1958) is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.
Biography
He was born in Schramberg.[1] He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Championships together with Franz-Peter Hofmeister, Bernd Herrmann und Harald Schmid.[2] He won a silver medal in 400 metres behind Andreas Knebel at the 1981 European Indoor Championships.[3] At the 1983 World Championships he entered the 400 m competition without reaching the final and ran in the opening round of the relay race. The same thing happened at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
Domestically he won bronze medals at the West German championships in 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1983. He represented the sports team VfB Stuttgart, and VfL Sindelfingen from 1983.[4]
His personal best was 45.74 seconds, achieved in July 1983 in Munich.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Martin Weppler". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ↑ "1994 European Championships, men's high jump". Sporting-Heroes.net. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ↑ "European Indoor Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ↑ "West German championships medalists, men's 400 metres". Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ↑ World men's all-time best 400m (last updated 2001)