Werner Reiterer

Austrian-born Australian discus thrower and shot putter

Werner Reiterer

Personal information
Nationality	Austrian/Australian
Born	27 January 1968 (1968-01-27) (age 57) 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 1994 Victoria Discus throw 1990 Auckland Discus throw 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^[1] and 1992 AAA Championships.^[2]

In his book 'Positive' he admitted to five years of performance-enhancing drug use,^[3] but claimed he only used them later in his career.^[4]

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

1. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
2. "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
3. Williams, Daniel (5 March 2001). "Bad news bearer". Time World. Archived from the original on 9 January 2012.
4. Positive by Werner Reiterer, book review

• 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
• Werner Reiterer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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