Oliver-Sven Buder (born 23 June 1966 in Steinheidel-Erlabrunn, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt) is a German track and field athlete, who in the 1990s belonged to the best shot-putters in the world. The high point of his career came at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999 where he won the silver medal. Until 1990 he represented East Germany.
Buder grew up in Niederlungwitz in Saxony. He began as a child in track and field and as his talent emerged he was sent to the children and youth sport school in Karl-Marx-Stadt (later Chemnitz).Klaus Amrhein: Biographisches Handbuch zur Geschichte der Deutschen Leichtathletik 1898–2005. 2 Bände. Darmstadt 2005 (publiziert über die Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft)
He represented the Karl-Marx-Stadt sport club (later Chemnitz sport club). After the reunification of Germany he switched to TV Wattenscheid (trainer: Guenter Stolz, Miroslav Jasinski), in 2001 he went to the MTV Ingolstadt (trainer: Joachim Lipske). While he was active he was 2.00 meters tall and weighed 125 kg.Sports Reference
In 1986 he began studying engineering, but after the fall of East Germany he stopped. Later he began schooling to work in a bank but then changed to industrial buyer. He is married. In 2003 he ended his career after having taken a long break due to injury.
International competitions Representing 1985European Junior ChampionshipsCottbus, East Germany1stShot put19.34 m1987UniversiadeZagreb, Yugoslavia4thShot put19.66 m1989UniversiadeDuisburg, West Germany7thShot put19.13 m1990European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia2ndShot put 21.01 mRepresenting 1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan4thShot put 20.10 m1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany7thShot put 19.74 m1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland16th (q)Shot put 18.41 m1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden6thShot put 20.11 m1996Olympic Games Atlanta, United States5thShot put20.51 m1997World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece2ndShot put 21.24 m1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2ndShot put 20.98 m1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain2ndShot put 21.42 m2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia8thShot put 20.18 m2001World Championships Edmonton, Canada21st (q)Shot put18.89 m
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European Championships
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