Karl-Heinz Weisenseel
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| Born | 23 January 1954[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | West Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres 200 metres | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.36 (1978) 200 m: 21.11 sh WR (1978) 200 m: 20.4 (1976) | ||||||||||||||
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Karl-Heinz Weisenseel[a] (born 23 January 1954) is a West German former sprinter.[2] He set two indoor 200 metres world records during his career with a best time of 21.11 seconds in 1978. He was a multiple-time national champion individually and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1973 European Athletics Junior Championships.
Career
Weisenseel entered the 1973 European Athletics Junior Championships in the 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay. He advanced past the 200 m heats but finished 5th in his semi-final. In the relay, Weisenseel led off the West German team to a bronze medal.[2]
In 1974, Weisenseel won the German U20 athletics championships over 100 metres.[3] As a senior, he would go on to win the West German Indoor Athletics Championships 200 metres race four times in a row from 1975 to 1978, including also winning the 60 m in 1976.[4]
At the 1975 West German Indoor Athletics Championships, Weisenseel ran 21.16 seconds over 200 m to set his first world record. It was one of three world records set at the meet.[5] Outdoors, he set season bests of 10.2 and 20.8 over 100 m and 200 m respectively to win competitions in Frankfurt.[2]
Weisenseel entered the 60 metres at the 1976 European Indoor Championships. He placed 4th in his heat, running one hundredth of a second away from qualifying for the semi-finals.[2] Outdoors, he won the 200 m at the West German Athletics Championships and won 200 m races in Köln and Schwetzingen.[1] His Schwetzingen winning time of 20.4 seconds was a West German record.[3]
Weisenseel won the 200 m at the semi-final meet of the 1975 European Cup, but he did not compete in the finals. He won his 200 m semi-final at the outdoor national championships that year but again didn't compete in the finals.[1]
At the 1978 West German Indoor Athletics Championships, Weisenseel improved his world record to 21.11 seconds.[6] He ran 10.36 over 100 m outdoors that year at a competition in Warsaw, Poland.[2]
He finished 3rd in the semi-final meet of the 1979 European Cup over 200 m, and ran a 20.89-second season's best to win a competition in Schriesheim.[2] He was 3rd in the 200 m at the outdoor West German Athletics Championships.[2]
At a meet against the British athletics team in Cosford, Shropshire on 2 February 1980, Weisenseel won the 200 metres ahead of Phil Brown.[7] Outdoors, he ran 20.79 seconds into a headwind to win a 200 m race in Stuttgart.[2] He was named to his country's team at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but they were ultimately boycotted by West Germany.[3]
Weisenseel won the 1981 Weltklasse Zürich meeting over 200 m.[2] He contributed to the West German 4 × 100 m relay team at the 1981 European Cup finals, placing 5th overall with a time of 39.05 seconds.[8]
He competed in his final continental championship at the 1982 European Athletics Indoor Championships, advancing to the semi-finals with the fastest time overall in the 200 m heats but placing last in his semi-final race and not qualifying for the finals. He won a 200 m race in Fürth outdoors in 20.82 seconds.[2]
Personal life
Weisenseel is from Frankfurt, Germany.[9] He represented the PSV Mannheim, LG Kurpfalz, LG Eintracht Frankfurt, MTG Mannheim, and LAC Quelle clubs in competitions.[3]
Notes
- ^ Also spelled Karlheinz Weisenseel
References
- ^ a b c Karl-Heinz Weisenseel at World Athletics
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Karl-Heinz Weisenseel at Tilastopaja (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d Amrhein, Klaus. "Darmstadt 2005 publiziert über Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft". Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen Leichtathletik 1898–2005 (in German). Vol. 2.
- ^ "WEST GERMAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". gbrathletics.com.
- ^ "Athletics World marks". The Guardian. 24 February 1975. p. 18. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ^ "Sprint record". Sunday Independent (Ireland). 26 February 1978. p. 1. Retrieved 17 March 2026.
- ^ "It's Malcolm at the double!". Birmingham Mail. 4 February 1980. p. 20. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ "1981 European Cup results". sport-olympic.gr.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Thomas Wessinghage 1500 m in 3:34,8". Volkszeitung Tribune. 10 September 1976. p. 20. Retrieved 17 March 2026.