Ralf Bartels

Ralf Bartels (born 21 February 1978 in Stavenhagen, Germany, then German Democratic Republic) is a German shot putter. He became European Champion at the 2006 European Championships in Athletics in Gothenburg, Sweden after beating Belarusian Andrei Mikhnevich with a final put of 21.13 metres, two centimetres ahead of the Belarusian.

Bartels also won bronze at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, with a put of 20.99 m. He had previously been a bronze medalist at the 2002 European Athletics Championships.

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Category:1978 births
Category:Living people
Category:People from Stavenhagen
Category:People from Bezirk Neubrandenburg
Category:German male shot putters
Category:Sportspeople from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Category:Olympic athletes of Germany
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:German national athletics champions