Peter Blank has hung up his spears. Peter, the M45 world record holder in the javelin, was interviewed recently in Germany about his retirement from the sport after four decades. We also learn that Peter sued German authorities to be included on the 1992 Olympic team in Barcelona. Not sure of the details. He also says that he tried to qualify for last year’s IAAF Osaka world meet at age 45, saying: “I was in the shape of my life, physically, I would throw 90 meters.” Below is another godawful Google translation of a post on the Koops’ Web site.

Peter Blank (M45) ends careers: The old young man and the javelin
Much has been written about not Speerwerfer Peter Blank in the course of his career, he usually has the attribute “media” attributed. That is why this local event in Frankfurt District Bergen-Enkheim rather an exception. Friday afternoon, in three months, Peter Blank 46 years old, it offers coffee, of the asset spokesman for the German Athletics Association (DLV) makes one feel relaxed. After three hours is pretty much the issues, and perhaps the most important message is the following: the career as a performance athletes is finally over, the Athletics Dino has its spears namely in the basement of his apartment property stored. Once he even took a few weeks for spear, threw the 800-gram device jokingly about 70 meters wide. “Now, the spears sold.” He says it is serious.
The old man and the spear – the issue is – probably final. After a presence, the four decades überfasste. End of the seventies, he appeared as a talented jumper and Speerwerfer (1.91 and 58.42 m/1978) on the screen, and later gave it – not really serious – attempts in the decathlon (7,651 Punkte/1990), and in an age , in which other sport in the long bond or invalidität have adopted, at the age of 39, succeeded Peter Blank of the throw of his life. In 2001, at the German championships in Stuttgart, Germany with 88.70 metres, it was his third title after 1988 and 1990. Peter Blank unsuccessfully in 1992 the National Olympic Committee (NOK) sued because he is not for the Olympic Games in Barcelona (Spain) had been nominated, he has canceled his computer science degree and is outside of professional sport has never pursued a steady job. Four clubs – LG Frankfurt, USC Mainz, Eintracht Frankfurt, TG Hanau – includes his legend, and perhaps Peter Blank is one of the most talented all-round athlete, which this country has ever seen. One of the most extraordinary in any case. A life artist, his hair is still bound to pay for Plait, a Nonkonformist.
Of course, he hears the submissions of his friends often. Whether it is not even structure in his life, is looking for a job wants. No, he will not. And the slogan “You need a job!” He can certainly not heard. “When I wake up mornings, I wake up.” Then begins the day, then perhaps he reads news magazines, perhaps he rises up to the motorcycle or bicycle, or go jogging or play squash or devoted to the study of remote fitness economics. It just fits. Peter Blank enjoys life, money worries, he has not. “I was frugal, because I have always expected that I eventually coal from the sport live.” Financially fit, and come to him regularly successful stock market speculation zupass.
Last year, he tried again, six months trained like a man possessed, wanted for the World Championships in Osaka (Japan) qualify – with 45 years ago. “I was in the shape of my life, physically, I would throw 90 meters.” Occurred while he Pfingstmeeting in Rehlingen, threw 77.15 metres with a world record-seniors, but that was not what he wanted. Instead, the recognition matured: “Somehow my head has failed. I no longer dared to correct reinzuknallen. “About the brutal Stemmbein the arc voltage build the peitschende Armbewegung exploit. Age wisdom, he says, “the body does not close for nothing”. So “draufzuhalten like twenty years ago”, which was no more. The farewell to the stadium began, and allegedly lacks nothing.
Says he. Maybe he would have as a whole can achieve more than the third place in the eternal German best list and several European Championship, World Cup and Olympic participation, in his first major international victory, he had to wait until 2001, when he won the Golden League meeting Oslo (Norway), with 86.90 metres and 15,000 euros while premium. Professional training he learned only by the 1993/1994 German record holder Raymond Hecht (92.60 m). Even 8,300 points in the decathlon would have been possible, but as he stood at a crossroads, 1984, was the Olympic standard at 8,400 points. The option high jump (Best Performance: 2.25 metres) because he had the superior German 2.30-metre-Springer as Dietmar Mögenburg, Carlo Thränhardt and Gerd nail at roughly the same time.
And his volunteer as DLV-Active speaker? “I have withdrawn.” Officially resigned, he is not, however, Peter Blank is no longer involved. “I have a feeling that when objections injustices, such as nominations from the federation not to be taken seriously.” And not one athlete had him since the beginning of his involvement almost five years raised and asked for help. Fourteen months ago that he Nils Schumann wrote in a text because of the DLV-doping investigations in distress guess 800-meter Olympic champion offered his support. Peter Blank got no response.
And how would it work with a trainer? “If I have a talent like Raymond bekäme, then maybe.”
Or as one himself, who was unbeatable in the discipline of fun “beat throwing the ball high,” 1997 flew his 200-gram leather ball about 40 metres into the air. Even as a youth, he had a snowball into the window of a skyscraper thrown, ten floors high. On Christmas Peter Blank participated in a Swedish furniture store in a Christmas tree-throw competition. The message, whether it be the winners a Einkaufsgutscheins heard is pending. It may not be long before the message in the mailbox.