Gottfried Weimann

Gottfried Weimann (16 September 1907 – 13 March 1990) was a German javelin thrower. He placed fourth at the Olympic Games in 1932 and ninth in 1936.

Career

Weimann was one of the world's top javelin throwers by 1930, when he threw 66.97 m. He placed third behind two Finns at that year's International University Games in Darmstadt with 64.24. Ahead of the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he threw 69.54 in Leipzig but the other Finns, Eino Penttilä and Matti Sippala, passed him in rounds five and six, leaving Weimann in fourth and out of the podium. at the time, that distance placed him second in the world, behind only Järvinen. He placed sixth at the inaugural European Championships in 1934 and remained in shape for another two years, throwing 72.24 in July 1936, but at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin he only managed 63.58 and placed ninth.