Colonel William A. Phillips

Michael Friedrich Möllenbeck (12 December 1969 – 2 November 2022) was a German discus thrower.^[1]

Möllenbeck's greatest achievements were two World Championship bronze medals, and his bronze at the 2005 World Championships was especially welcome as Germany struggled to win medals. His personal best throw was 67.64 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Dortmund. This ranks him seventh among German discus throwers, behind Jürgen Schult, Lars Riedel, Wolfgang Schmidt, Armin Lemme, Hein-Direck Neu and Alwin Wagner.^[2]

Möllenbeck married fellow discus thrower Anja Gündler in 1996. He died on 2 November 2022, at the age of 52.^[3]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing West Germany
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	9th	49.30 m
Representing Germany
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	6th	64.90 m
2000	Olympic Games^[1]	Sydney, Australia	10th	63.14 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	3rd	67.61 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	3rd	66.37 m
2002	World Cup	Madrid, Spain	4th	64.57 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	66.23 m
2003	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	5th	64.36 m
2004	Olympic Games^[1]	Athens, Greece	20th	59.79 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	65.95 m
2005	World Athletics Final	Monte Carlo, Monaco	8th	59.27 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	64.82 m
2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	7th	61.75 m

^ ^a ^b ^c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Michael Möllenbeck". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Full name: Michael Friedrich Möllenbeck
^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
^ "Michael Möllenbeck". Olympedia. Retrieved 10 November 2022.