Werner Reiterer

Werner Reiterer

Personal information
Nationality	Austrian/Australian
Born	27 January 1968 (1968-01-27) (age 58) Hohenems, Vorarlberg, Austria
Height	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	112 kg (247 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Discus throw
Club	Ringwood AC
Medal record Men's athletics Representing Australia Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria Discus throw Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland Discus throw Bronze medal – third place 1986 Edinburgh Discus throw

Werner Josef Reiterer (born 27 January 1968) is an Austrian-born retired discus thrower and shot putter from Australia, who represented the latter at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea). His best result was winning the title in the men's discus throw at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Reiterer is an eight-time national champion in the discus throw.

Reiterer won the British AAA Championships title at the 1991 AAA Championships and 1992 AAA Championships.

In his book 'Positive' he admitted to five years of performance-enhancing drug use, but claimed he only used them later in his career.

Achievements

• All results concerning discus throw

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Australia
1985	Pacific Conference Games	Berkeley, United States	6th	50.46 m
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	3rd	57.34 m
	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	2nd	58.64 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	15th	59.78 m
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	2nd	61.56 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	17th	60.40 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	10th	60.12 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	1st	62.76 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	30th	57.60 m

References

• Werner Reiterer at Australian Athletics Historical Results

External links

• Werner Reiterer at World Athletics
• Werner Reiterer at the Australian Olympic Committee
• Werner Reiterer at Olympics.com