Peter Sack (born 27 July 1979 in

Schkeuditz Schkeuditz (; ) is a ''Große Kreisstadt'' in the district of Nordsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the White Elster river, 12km northwest of Leipzig. Leipzig/Halle Airport is located in Schkeuditz. The letter processing center for ...

Bezirk Leipzig The Bezirk Leipzig was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany that would last from 1952 to 1990. Leipzig would be reabsorbed into Saxony after the reunification of Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Leipzig. History The dist ...

) is a German

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 finished fourth at the 1998 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal at the 1999 European Junior Championships behind

Ralf Bartels Ralf Bartels (born 21 February 1978 in Stavenhagen, Germany, then East Germany, German Democratic Republic) is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating ...

and

Mikuláš Konopka Mikuláš Konopka (born 23 January 1979 in Rimavská Sobota, Banská Bystrica) is a retired Slovak shot putter. Konopka originally won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Indoor Championships with a personal best throw (indoor) of 20.87 metre ...

.European Junior Championships (Men)
- GBR Athletics He also competed at the

2004 Olympic Games The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

and the 2006 World Indoor Championships without reaching the finals. At the 2007 World Championships his three throws in the qualification round were all invalid, causing him to miss the final again. At the 2008 World Indoor Championships he finished eighth. He then competed at his second

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

, but did not reach the final. His personal best throw is 21.19 metres, achieved in May 2008 in

Versmold Versmold (; ) is a town in Gütersloh (district), Gütersloh District in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located some 30 km west of Bielefeld. History In 1096 Versmold was first mentioned in a document, and is thus one o ...

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* 1979 births Living people People from Schkeuditz Athletes from Bezirk Leipzig German male shot putters Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics German national athletics champions {{Germany-shotput-bio-stub