Klaus Bodenmüller, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Austrian shot-putter and Olympic athlete
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Place of Birth: Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Austria
About Klaus Bodenmüller
- Klaus Bodenmüller (born 6 September 1962) is an Austrian former track and field athlete who competed in the shot put.
- He is Austria's best ever performer in the event and holds the Austrian records at 20.79 m (68 ft 2 1/2 in) outdoors and 21.03 m (68 ft 11 3/4 in) indoors. A silver medal at the 1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships made him the first Austrian to win a medal at the competition.
- His victory at the 1990 European Athletics Indoor Championships was the first time an Austrian had won a European shot put medal of any colour.
- He won a further bronze medal at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
- He was a two-time Olympian, having competed in 1988 and 1992 – he placed sixth in the latter year. At national level, he won six indoor shot put titles and five outdoors between 1992 and 1993.
- He ranked within the top twenty in the world by performance in the 1987 and 1993 seasons.
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