Uwe Schmitt
Personal information | |
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Nationality | German |
Born | Marburg, West Germany | 17 August 1961
Died | 17 December 1995 Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany | (aged 34)
Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics (Sprinting and hurdles) |
Event(s) | 4 × 400 metres relay |
Uwe Schmitt (17 August 1961 – 17 December 1995) was a German sprinter and hurdler.
At the 1979 European Junior Championships, he won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay. He competed in the 400 metres hurdles and 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1984 Summer Olympics representing West Germany. He also competed at the 1987 World Championships, but was knocked out in the heats.
In the 400 m hurdles, he won the silver medal at the 1985 West German championships behind the long-reigning Harald Schmid, and four bronze medals in 1983, 1984, 1986, and 1988. He represented the club Eintracht Frankfurt.
His personal best times were 46.19 seconds in the 400 metres and 49.39 seconds in the 400 metres hurdles, both achieved in August 1985 in Stuttgart.
He committed suicide by poison in 1995.
- 1961 births
- 1995 suicides
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- West German male sprinters
- West German male hurdlers
- Olympic athletes of West Germany
- World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany
- Suicides in Germany
- Suicides by poison
- Sportspeople from Marburg
- Eintracht Frankfurt athletes