Siegmund Hegeholz
{{short description|German Paralympic athlete}}
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{{MedalSport|Paralympic athletics}}
{{MedalCompetition|Paralympic Games}}
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{{MedalSilver| {{nowrap|1984 Stoke Mandeville}} | Long Jump - B3}}
{{MedalSilver| 1984 Stoke Mandeville | Pentathlon - B3}}
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{{MedalGold| 1992 Barcelona | Javelin Throw - B2}}
{{MedalGold| 2000 Sydney | Javelin Throw - F11}}
{{MedalSilver| 1996 Atlanta | Javelin Throw - F11}}
{{MedalSilver| 2004 Athens | {{nowrap|Javelin Throw - F11}}}}
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Siegmund Hegeholz is a Paralympic athlete from Germany competing mainly in category F11 javelin events.
Biography
Siegmund has competed at six Paralympic Games. His first was in 1984 where he represented East Germany. He competed in triple jump and won silver medals in both the long jump and pentathlon. He then missed 1988 (East Germany did not participate) before returning for the 1992 Summer Paralympics where -now representing a reunified Germany- he won the B2 javelin as well as competing in various other events. 1996 saw Siegmund finish second in the javelin but miss out on the discus and shot put. In 2000 he won his second gold medal at javelin while 2004 saw him end up second. His sixth Paralympics saw him finish seventh in the javelin.[http://www.paralympic.org/Sport/Results/search.html?sport=all&games=all&Medal=all&npc=all&name=Hegeholz&fname=Siegmund&gender=all profile on paralympic.org]
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Category:Paralympic athletes for East Germany
Category:Paralympic athletes for Germany
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic gold medalists for Germany
Category:Paralympic silver medalists for Germany
Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Paralympics
Category:Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:German male javelin throwers
Category:Visually impaired javelin throwers
Category:Paralympic javelin throwers
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
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