Karsten Kobs

Karsten Kobs

Kobs at Josef Odložil Memorial, Prague, 2005
Personal information
Born	(1971-09-16) 16 September 1971 (age 53) Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Years active	1989–2008
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	127 kg (280 lb)
Sport
Sport	Men's Athletics
Event	Men's Hammer throw
Club	Bayer Leverkusen
Achievements and titles
Personal best	82.78 m (1999)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Germany World Championships 1999 Seville Hammer European Championships 1998 Budapest Hammer

Karsten Kobs (born 16 September 1971 in Dortmund) is a German hammer thrower, whose personal best throw is 82.78 metres, achieved in June 1999 in Dortmund. This ranks him third among German hammer throwers, only behind Ralf Haber and Heinz Weis.^[1]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  West Germany
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, SFR Yugoslavia	10th	62.02 m
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	4th	67.66 m
Representing  Germany
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	16th	71.82 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	74.40 m
1995	World Student Games	Fukuoka, Japan	7th	73.32 m
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	16th	72.96 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia, United States	18th	74.20 m
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	9th	76.12 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	3rd	80.13 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	80.24 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	31st	72.29 m
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Doha, Qatar	3rd	79.22 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	—	DNS
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	14th	77.44 m
	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	3rd	78.44 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	17th	75.55 m
	World Athletics Final	Szombathely, Hungary	8th	74.18 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	8th	76.30 m
	World Athletics Final	Szombathely, Hungary	7th	75.26 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	77.93 m

References

1. ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.

External links

• Karsten Kobs at World Athletics
• Karsten Kobs at Olympics.com
• Karsten Kobs at Olympedia (archive)
• Leverkusen who's who