Ralf Haber

{{Short description|German hammer thrower}}

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{{Infobox sportsperson

| name =

| birth_name =

| nationality = {{flag|East Germany}}

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|08|18|mf=y}}

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0603-017, Ralf Haber.jpg

| caption = Ralf Haber in 1984

| birth_place = Altenburg, Thuringia, East Germany

| height = 1.91 m

| weight = 113 kg

| country = {{flag|East Germany}}

| sport = Track and Field

| event = Hammer throw

| club = SC Karl-Marx-Stadt

| headercolor = lightsteelblue

| show-medals = yes

| pb = 83.45 m (1988)

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{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1987 Rome|Hammer throw}}

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Ralf Haber (born 18 August 1962 in Altenburg, Thuringia) is a retired East German hammer thrower.

His personal best throw was 83.40 metres, achieved in May 1988 in Athens. This is the current German record.{{cite web |title=„Ewige“ Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik |url=http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |website=leichtathletik.de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2007 |language=de}}

International competitions

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colspan="5"|Representing {{GDR}}
1981

|European Junior Championships

|Utrecht, Netherlands

|4th

|68.08 m

1983

|World Championships

|Helsinki, Finland

|—

|NM

rowspan=2|1986

|Goodwill Games

|Moscow, Soviet Union

|4th

|78.50 m

European Championships

|Stuttgart, West Germany

|6th

|78.74 m

1987

|World Championships

|Rome, Italy

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|80.76 m

1988

|Olympic Games

|Seoul, South Korea

|4th

|80.44 m

1989

|World Cup

|Barcelona, Spain

|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd

|76.28 m

References