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Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
About Peter Blank
- Peter Blank (born 10 April 1962) is a German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw.
- Early on in his career, he was a decathlete.
- In 1992, he set the world record for longest javelin throw in a decathlon with a distance of 79.80 m. His personal best throw is 88.70 m, achieved in June 2001 in Stuttgart at age 39.
- This throw was briefly a Masters M35 world record; it lasted less than a week because Jan Železný had turned 35 three weeks earlier and in his first competition after turning 35, Železný threw the javelin 89.94 m.
- Železný then further improved the record to 92.80 m at the 2001 World Championships, putting it beyond Blank's reach.
- Two years later, Blank set the M40 world record with an 84.08 m throw, but was again bested once Železný turned 40 and improved the record to 85.92 m.
- In 2007, Blank set the M45 world record, surpassing the record by Larry Stuart that had stood for 21 years.
- As of 2017, this record continues to stand, unsurpassed by Železný when he turned 45, or any other javelin thrower.
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