Medal record
Klaus Ploghaus
Men’s Athletics
Competitor for  West Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	Hammer Throw
Universiade
Gold	1979 Mexico City	Hammer Throw
Gold	1981 Bucharest	Hammer Throw

Klaus Ploghaus (born 31 January 1956 in Gelnhausen) was a West German hammer thrower.

His biggest success came at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States where he won the bronze medal. In addition finished twelfth at the 1978 European Championships, eighth at the 1982 European Championships, sixth at the 1983 World Championships and ninth at the 1986 European Championships.

His personal best throw was 81.32 metres, achieved in May 1986 in Paderborn. This ranks him seventh among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs, Günter Rodehau, Holger Klose and Christoph Sahner. [1]

[edit] References

• IAAF profile for Klaus Ploghaus

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Yuriy Syedikh	Men's Hammer Best Year Performance 1981	Succeeded by Sergey Litvinov

v • d • e Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Hammer Throw  1959 – 1961: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) •  1963: Gennadiy Kondrashov (URS) •  1965: Gyula Zsivótzky (HUN) •  1967: Yoshihisa Ishida (JPN) •  1970: Jochen Sachse (GDR) •  1973: Valentin Dmitriyenko (URS) •  1975: Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) •  1977: Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) •  1979 – 1981: Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) •  1983: Jüri Tamm (URS) •  1985: Heinz Weis (FRG) •  1987 – 1989: Igor Astapkovich (URS) •  1991: Ken Flax (USA) •  1993: Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) •  1995 – 1997: Balázs Kiss (HUN) •  1999: Zsolt Németh (HUN) •  2001: Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) •  2003: Ivan Tikhon (BLR) •  2005: Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) •  2007: Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR) •  2009: Yury Shayunou (BLR)

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