Josef Waitzer

{{short description|German track and field athlete}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |nickname= |image=Josefwaitzer1912.jpg | image_size = |caption=Josef Waitzer at the 1912 Olympics |birth_date=1 May 1884 |birth_place= Munich, German Empire | death_date = 28 March 1966 (aged 81) | death_place = Korbach, West Germany | height = | weight = |sport=Athletics |event=Discus throw, javelin throw, pentathlon |club=TSV 1860 München |pb= DT – 41.70 m (1910)<ref name=r1/><ref name=r4/> |alma_mater= | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Josef Waitzer''' (1 May 1884 – 28 March 1966) was a German track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/70569 |title=Josef Waitzer |publisher=Olympedia |access-date=2 May 2021}}</ref> He placed 19th in the javelin throw and 16th in the discus throw, and failed to finish the pentathlon event.<ref name=r1/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Josef Waitzer |url=https://olympics.com/de/athleten/josef-waitzer |website=Olympics.com}}</ref>

==Biography== He was born on 1 May 1884. After retiring from competitions, Waitzer worked as an athletics coach and functionary. He headed the Bavarian Athletics Federation in 1948–1950 and 1951–1953.<ref name=r2/> He died on 28 March 1966.

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<ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221941/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/josef-waitzer-1.html Josef Waitzer]. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=r2>[http://www.blv-archiv.de/KontaktpersonenBLV.htm Die Kontaktpersonen im Bayerischen Leichtathletik-Verband e.V.] blv-archiv.de. 5 May 2015</ref> <ref name=r4>[http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=7016&Gender=M Josef Waitzer]. trackfield.brinkster.net</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Waitzer, Josef}} Category:1884 births Category:1966 deaths Category:German men javelin throwers Category:German men discus throwers Category:German decathletes Category:Olympic athletes for Germany Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes from Munich Category:20th-century German sportsmen