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Ralf Bartels

Ralf Bartels
Ralf Bartels at Josef Odlozil Memorial in Prague 16June2008.jpg
Bartels at the 2008 Odložil Memorial in Prague
Personal information
Born (1978-02-21) 21 February 1978 (age 39)
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Weight 143 kg (315 lb)
Sport
Country  Germany
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Shot put
Updated on 15 August 2012.

Ralf Bartels (born 21 February 1978 in Stavenhagen, Germany, then German Democratic Republic) is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich with a final put of 21.13 metres, two centimetres ahead of the Belarusian.

Bartels also won bronze at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, with a put of 20.99 m. He had previously been a bronze medalist at the 2002 European Athletics Championships.



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