Arnjolt Beer (born 19 June 1946) is a retired French

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ter. He was born in

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, and represented the club

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. He represented France at the

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and 1972 Olympic Games, where he did not reach the final. He won the silver medal at the

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, finished sixth at the 1968 European Indoor Games, eighth at the 1970 European Indoor Championships, thirteenth at the 1971 European Indoor Championships, tenth at the 1972 European Indoor Championships, tenth at the 1976 European Indoor Championships, and twelfth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships. He became French champion in 1968, 1971, 1978 and 1980, and French indoor champion in 1975, 1977, 1978 and 1979. At the

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Beer won the shot put in 1966, 1969, 1971, 1975 and 1983. He set a championship record with 18.07 metres in 1971, and equalled it in 1975. It withstood later competitions. Also, in the

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he won gold medals in 1969, 1971 and 1975 and silver medals in 1966 and 1983. Here, too, he set a championship record of 50.22 metres in 1969, but it was erased by

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n Jean-Claude Duhaze in 1979. In the

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Beer won a silver medal in 1975 and bronze medals in 1969 and 1971.

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1946 births Living people New Caledonian shot putters French male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for France French people of New Caledonian descent People from North Province, New Caledonia New Caledonian male athletes Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Mediterranean Games French Athletics Championships winners Pacific Games gold medalists for New Caledonia Pacific Games silver medalists for New Caledonia Pacific Games bronze medalists for New Caledonia Pacific Games medalists in athletics 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-shotput-bio-stub