Michael Mertens (born 27 December 1965 in Stelle,

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...

) is a retired

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shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

ter. He represented the sports clubs

VfL Wolfsburg Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. I ...

and LG Göttingen, and won silver medals at the German championships in 1997 and 2000. His personal best throw was 20.24 metres, achieved in June 1998 in

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.World men's all-time best shot put (last updated 2001)
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* 1965 births Living people People from Harburg (district) German male shot putters Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes from Lower Saxony 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-shotput-bio-stub