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{{short description|German hammer thrower}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name =
| nationality = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|7|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Trier]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[West Germany]]
| country =
| height = 1.93 m
| weight = 125 kg
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| sport = [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]
| event = [[Hammer throw]]
| club = [[TV 1863 Germania Trier]]<br />[[LG Bayer Leverkusen]]
| pb = 83.04 m (1997)
| medaltemplates={{Medal|Sport|Men's [[Athletics (sport)|Athletics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GER}} }}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] |[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|Hammer]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|1991 Tokyo]]|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics - Men's hammer throw|Hammer]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Universiade]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{FRG}} }}
{{Medal|Gold|[[1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]]|[[Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade|Hammer]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1987 Summer Universiade|1987 Zagreb]]|[[Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade|Hammer]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[1989 Summer Universiade|1989 Duisburg]]|[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade|Hammer]]}}
{{Medal|Country|{{GER}} }}
{{Medal|Bronze |[[1991 Summer Universiade|1991 Sheffield]]|[[Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade|Hammer]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Bronze|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|1994 Helsinki]] |[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw|Hammer]]}}
}}

'''Heinz Weis''' (born 14 July 1963) is a male former [[hammer throw]]er from Germany. He competed for West Germany until 1990.

Weis was born in [[Trier]], [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], and at club level represented [[TV 1863 Germania Trier]]. He was coached initially by Ernst Klement and later by [[LG Bayer Leverkusen]] coaches [[Rudolf Hars]] and [[Bernhard Rieder]]. He competed in four [[Olympic Summer Games|Olympic Games]]. His personal best throw was 83.04 metres, achieved in June 1997 in [[Frankfurt]]. This ranks him second among German hammer throwers, only behind [[Ralf Haber]].<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 |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>

While he was active he was 1.93&nbsp;m and 125&nbsp;kg. He has one daughter (Theresa).

==International competitions==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{FRG}}
|-
|1985
|[[Athletics at the 1985 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]] 
|[[Kobe, Japan]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|76.00 m
|-
|rowspan=2|1987
|[[Athletics at the 1987 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]] 
|[[Zagreb]], [[SFR Yugoslavia]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|76.98 m
|-
|[[1987 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Rome, Italy]]
| 6th
|80.18 m
|-
|1988
|[[Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Seoul, South Korea]]
| 5th
|79.16 m
|-
|rowspan=2|1989
|[[Athletics at the 1989 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]] 
|[[Duisburg]], [[West Germany]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|79.58 m
|-
|[[1989 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]] 
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|77.68 m
|-
|1990
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Split (city)|Split]], [[Yugoslavia]]
|8th
|[[1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw|75.48 m]]
|-
!colspan="5"|Representing {{GER}}
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
|[[Athletics at the 1991 Summer Universiade|World Student Games]] 
|[[Sheffield]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|75.62 m
|-
|[[1991 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Tokyo, Japan]]
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|80.44 m
|-
|1992
|[[Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Barcelona, Spain]]
|6th
|76.90 m
|-
|rowspan=2|1994
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Helsinki, Finland]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|[[1994 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw|78.48 m]]
|-
|[[1994 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]] 
|[[London]], United Kingdom
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|80.32 m
|-
|1995
|[[1995 World Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw|World Championships]]
|[[Gothenburg, Sweden]]
|&mdash;
|DNS
|-
|rowspan=2|1996
|[[Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Atlanta, Georgia]], United States
|5th
|79.78 m
|-
|[[1996 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
|[[Milan, Italy]]
|bgcolor="cc9966"|3rd
|78.38 m
|-
|1997
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Athens, Greece]]
|bgcolor="gold"|1st
|81.78 m
|-
|rowspan=3|1998
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] 
|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|4th
|[[1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's hammer throw|80.04 m]]
|-
|[[1998 IAAF World Cup|IAAF World Cup]] 
|[[Johannesburg, South Africa]]
|bgcolor="silver"|2nd
|80.13 m
|-
|[[1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
|[[Moscow, Russia]]
|7th
|77.03 m
|-
|1999
|[[1999 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]] 
|[[Seville, Spain]]
|18th
|74.71 m
|-
|rowspan=2|2000
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[Sydney, Australia]]
|26th
|73.51 m
|-
|[[2000 IAAF Grand Prix Final|IAAF Grand Prix Final]]
|[[Doha, Qatar]]
|5th
|77.97 m
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{World Athletics}}
* {{Olympics.com profile|heinrich-weis}}
* {{Olympedia|70582}}

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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Trier]]
[[Category:Athletes from Rhineland-Palatinate]]
[[Category:German male hammer throwers]]
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[[Category:Olympic athletes for West Germany]]
[[Category:Olympic athletes for Germany]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
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[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:European Athletics Championships medalists]]
[[Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for West Germany]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for West Germany]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany]]
[[Category:World Athletics Championships winners]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1991 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:West German Athletics Championships winners]]


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