Siegfried Wentz

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Olympic medal record
Men's athletics
Bronze Los Angeles 1984 Decathlon

Siegfried Wentz (born March 7, 1960 in Röthenbach) is a former German track and field athlete. In the 1980's and until 1990 he represented West Germany and belonged to the world elite in the decathlon. His most notable result was winning the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. At that event he scored 8412 points, his results for each of the events were 10.99s - 7.11m - 15.87m - 2.09m - 47.78m - 14.35s - 46.60m - 4.50m - 67.68m - 4:33.96 Min.

His personal best result of 8762 points came in Filderstadt-Bernhausen on June 5, 1983. At the end of the 2004 season he was still in 10th place for the best ever in the world.

[edit] Other results at International events

After his career in sports he became a doctor eventually rising to chief doctor at the Schlüsselbad clinic in Bad Peterstal (Black Forest).

Wentz represented the Mainz sport club. During his active sport career he was 1.93 meters tall and weighed 93 kilograms.

[edit] Publications

  • Altmaier, Doris; Wentz, Siegfried: Ernährung mit Spaß - Bewegung mit Maß (Nutrition with Fun - Movement with Measure), 2004, Fitness Advisor

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.

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