# Michael Wessing

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{{Short description|German javelin thrower (1952–2019)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name=Michael Wessing
|full_name=Michael Thomas Maria Wessing
|birth_date={{birth date|1952|8|29|df=y}}
|birth_place=[Recklinghausen](/source/Recklinghausen), [North Rhine-Westphalia](/source/North_Rhine-Westphalia), West Germany
|death_date= {{death date and age|2019|5|7|1952|8|29|df=y}}
|death_place=
|nationality={{GER}}
|height=1.82 m
|weight=88 kg
|country={{FRG}}
|club=TV Wattenscheid
|sport=[Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
|event=[Javelin throw](/source/Javelin_throw)
|headercolor=lightsteelblue
|pb=94.22 m (1978)
|show-medals=yes
|medaltemplates=
{{Medal|Sport | Men's [athletics](/source/athletics_(sport))}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[European Championships](/source/European_Athletics_Championships)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[1978 Prague](/source/1978_European_Athletics_Championships)|[Javelin throw](/source/1978_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_javelin_throw)}}
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'''Michael Thomas Maria Wessing''' (29 August 1952 – 7 May 2019) was a German [javelin throw](/source/javelin_throw)er.

He finished fourteenth at the [1974 European Championships](/source/1974_European_Championships_in_Athletics), won the gold medal at the [1978 European Championships](/source/1978_European_Championships_in_Athletics) and finished ninth at the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics).<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Michael Wessing |quote=Full name: Michael Thomas Maria Wessing}}</ref> Representing the sports team [TV Wattenscheid](/source/TV_Wattenscheid), he became West German champion six years in a row in the years 1975 to 1980.<ref>[http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/108.html German championships - men's javelin throw]</ref>

His personal best throw was 94.22 metres (with the [old javelin type](/source/javelin_throw)), achieved on 3 August 1978 in [Oslo](/source/Oslo). It was the best throw in the world that year, and at the time second overall only to [Miklós Németh](/source/Mikl%C3%B3s_N%C3%A9meth_(athlete))'s 1976 world record of 94.58. When new javelin design rules came into force in April 1986, Wessing still stood as the eighth-best performer worldwide; in Germany only [Uwe Hohn](/source/Uwe_Hohn) and [Detlef Michel](/source/Detlef_Michel), both from East Germany, had longer throws.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |title="Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik |trans-title="Eternal" list of the best in German athletics |website=leichtathletik.de |language=de |publisher=[Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband](/source/Deutscher_Leichtathletik-Verband) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2007}}</ref>

He died on 7 May 2019, at the age of 66, due to complications from surgery.<ref>[https://www.sueddeutsche.de/sport/nachruf-trauer-um-speerwerfer-wessing-1.4440007 Trauer um Speerwerfer Wessing] {{in lang|de}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Olympics.com profile|michael-wessing}}
* {{Olympedia|70592}}

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Category:1952 births
Category:2019 deaths
Category:West German men javelin throwers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for West Germany
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:TV Wattenscheid athletes
Category:Sportspeople from Recklinghausen
Category:Athletes from Münster (region)
Category:Deaths from surgical complications
Category:West German Athletics Championships winners

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