Holger Klose Explained

Birth Date:December 5, 1972
Birth Place:Bitburg, Rhineland-Pfalz, West Germany
Country: Germany
Sport:Men's Athletics
Event:Hammer throw
Club:Eintracht Frankfurt
Pb:82.22 (1998)

Holger Klose (born 5 December 1972 in Bitburg, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a retired male hammer thrower from Germany. His personal best throw is 82.22 metres, achieved in May 1998 in Dortmund. This ranks him fifth among German hammer throwers, behind Ralf Haber, Heinz Weis, Karsten Kobs and Günther Rodehau.[1] Klose represented Eintracht Frankfurt.

Personal life

His son Sören Klose is also an Olympic hammer thrower.[2]

International competitions

Representing
1997Athens, Greece13th75.16 m
1998Budapest, Hungary17th74.05 m
1999Seville, Spain - NM
2001Edmonton, Canada25th74.02 m
2002Munich, Germany17th76.98 m
2005Helsinki, Finland10th74.80 m

Notes and References

  1. Web site: German all-time lists (updated September 2006) . 15 January 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf . 4 July 2007 . dead .
  2. Web site: Radiowestfalica.de. 2 August 2024. Sören Klose from Porta Westfalica and Kristin Pudenz from Löhne start today at Olympia. 2 August 2024.