German sprinter
Martin Weppler (born 21 February 1958) is a retired West German sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres .
Biography
He was born in Schramberg .[ 1] He won a gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1978 European Championships together with Franz-Peter Hofmeister , Bernd Herrmann und Harald Schmid .[ 2] He won a silver medal in 400 metres behind Andreas Knebel at the 1981 European Indoor Championships .[ 3] At the 1983 World Championships he entered the 400 m competition without reaching the final and ran in the opening round of the relay race .[citation needed ] The same thing happened at the 1984 Summer Olympics .[ 1]
Domestically he won bronze medals at the West German championships in 1978, 1979, 1981 and 1983. He represented the sports team VfB Stuttgart , and VfL Sindelfingen from 1983.[ 4]
His personal best was 45.74 seconds, achieved in July 1983 in Munich .[ 5]
References
1934 : Germany (Hamann , Scheele , Voigt , Metzner )
1938 : Germany (Blazejezak , Bues , Linnhoff , Harbig )
1946 : France (Santona , Cros , Chef d'Hôtel , Lunis )
1950 : Great Britain (Pike , Lewis , Scott , Pugh )
1954 : France (Haarhoff , Degats , Martin-du-Gard , Goudeau )
1958 : Great Britain (Sampson , MacIsaac , Wrighton , Salisbury )
1962 : West Germany (Kindermann , Schmitt , Reske , Kinder )
1966 : Poland (Werner , Borowski , Grędziński , Badeński )
1969 : France (Bertould , Nicolau , Carette , Nallet )
1971 : West Germany (Schlöske , Jordan , Jellinghaus , Köhler )
1974 : Great Britain (Cohen , Hartley , Pascoe , Jenkins )
1978 : West Germany (Weppler , Hofmeister , Herrmann , Schmid )
1982 : West Germany (Skamrahl , Schmid , Giessing , Weber )
1986 : Great Britain (Redmond , Akabusi , Whittle , Black )
1990 : Great Britain (Sanders , Akabusi , Regis , Black )
1994 : Great Britain (McKenzie , Black , Whittle , Ladejo )
1998 : Great Britain (Hylton , Baulch , Thomas , Richardson )
2002 : Great Britain (Deacon , Elias , Baulch , Caines )
2006 : France (Djhone , M'Barke , Keïta , Raquil )
2010 : Russia (Dyldin , Aksyonov , Krasnov , Trenikhin )
2012 : Belgium (Gillet , J. Borlée , Bouckaert , K. Borlée )
2014 : Great Britain (Rooney , Bingham , Williams , Hudson-Smith )
2016 : Belgium (Watrin , J. Borlée , D. Borlée , K. Borlée )
2018 : Belgium (D. Borlée , J. Borlée , J. Sacoor , K. Borlée )
2022 : Great Britain (Hudson-Smith , Dobson , Davey , Haydock-Wilson )
2024 : Belgium (Sacoor , Vanderbemden , D. Borlée , Doom )