Ralf Bartels (born 21 February 1978 in
Stavenhagen
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Subdivisions
Stavenhagen is divided into following parts:
History
Th ...
,
Germany
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, then
German Democratic Republic
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) is a German
shot put
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ter. He became European Champion at the
2006 European Championships in Athletics
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in
Gothenburg, Sweden
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after beating Belarusian
Andrei Mikhnevich
Andrei Anatolyevich Mikhnevich (, ; born 12 July 1976 in Babruysk) is a Belarusian shot putter with a personal best of 21.69 metres, set in 2003. In 2013 he was banned from sports for life due to his second doping positive.
He started competing ...
with a final put of 21.13 metres, two centimetres ahead of the Belarusian.
Bartels also won bronze at the
2005 World Championships in Athletics
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in
Helsinki
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, with a put of 20.99 m. He had previously been a bronze medalist at the
2002 European Athletics Championships
The 18th European Athletics Championships were held from 6 August to 11 August 2002 in the Olympic Stadium of Munich, Germany.
Men's results
Track
1994 , 1998 , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 ,
1 Dwain Chambers originally won the 100 m in 9.96 and was pa ...
.
Competition record
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1978 births
Living people
People from Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district)
Sportspeople from Bezirk Neubrandenburg
German male shot putters
Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Olympic athletes for Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships medalists
European Athletics Championships medalists
German national athletics champions
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