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.

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Oliver-Sven Buder

Personal information
Born	(1966-06-23) 23 June 1966 (age 57) Steinheidel-Erlabrunn, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	130 kg (287 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Shot put
Club	SC Karl-Marx-Stadt TV Wattenscheid
Achievements and titles
Personal best	21.42 m (1998)
Medal record Men’s athletics Representing  Germany World Championships 1997 Athens Shot put 1999 Seville Shot put European Championships Representing  East Germany 1990 Split Shot put Representing  Germany 1998 Budapest Shot put

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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).^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[1]