Klaus Wolfermann is a former West German javelin thrower. He won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and in 1973 set a world record in the event. The javelin competition at the 1972 Games was the closest in Olympic history. Wolfermann had taken the lead from J?nis L?sis of the USSR in the fifth round with an Olympic Record throw of 90.48 meters. Then, in the sixth and final round, L?sis let fly with a very long effort that measured at 90.46 meters ? Wolfermann's two centimeter margin was, at the time, the smallest unit of measurement used in javelin competitions. On 5 May 1973, Klaus Wolfermann set a new world record in the javelin throw, bettering L?sis' previous record of 93.80 meters with a mark of 94.08 m. Wolfermann's record stood until 26 July 1976, when Hungary's Mikl�s N�meth threw his javelin for 94.58 m at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. 

March 31st, 1946 in Altdorf bei Nürnberg (Age 78)