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Place of Birth: Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
About Lars Riedel
- Lars Peter Riedel (born 28 June 1967 in Zwickau) a former German discus thrower.
- Riedel has the seventh longest discus throw of all-time with a personal best of 71.50m. Riedel began his discus career in the former German Democratic Republic.
- He grew up in Thurm which is next to Zwickau.
- In 1983, he went to join SC Karl-Marx-Stadt.
- His first important competitions were the IAAF World Junior Championship in 1986 and the European Championship in 1990.
- When the GDR went down Riedel stopped training regularly.
- Soon after Riedel met his coach Karlheinz Steinmetz from USC Mainz he began training once again his sport career.
- In the 1990s, he became a dominating figure on the German discus scene.
- With his good physical constitution (1.99 m, 115 kg) he took part in the Olympic Games of Atlanta.
- There he won his only Olympic title.
- Furthermore, he won the IAAF World Championship five times. He is separated from his wife Kerstin.
- They have a son, Robert.
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