Siegfried Wentz

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Siegfried Wentz
Personal information
Born 7 March 1960
Medal record
Men's athletics
Competitor for  West Germany
Olympic Games
Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Decathlon
World Championships
Silver 1987 Rome Decathlon
Bronze 1983 Helsinki Decathlon
Universiade
Gold 1987 Zagreb Decathlon

Siegfried Wentz (born 7 March 1960 in Röthenbach) is a former German track and field athlete. In the 1980s 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 5 June 1983. At the end of the 2006 season he was still in 10th place for the best ever in the world. It ranks him third among German decathletes, only behind Jürgen Hingsen and Uwe Freimuth.

Other results at international events

  • 1982, European championship: 20th place (7284 points)
  • 1983, World athletics championship: 3rd place (8478 points)
  • 1986, European athletics championship: 3rd place (8676 points)
  • 1987, World athletics championship: 2nd place (8461 points)
  • 1990, European athletics championship: 12th place (7810 points)

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 USC Mainz sports club. During his active sport career he was 1.93 meters tall and weighed 93 kilograms.

Publications

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

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

See also

Summer Universiade champions in men's decathlon
At the first ever Summer Universiade in 1959 the men competed in the pentathlon.
Records
Preceded by
Soviet Union Aleksandr Nevskiy		 Men's heptathlon world record holder
February 20, 1982 – February 12, 1989 		Succeeded by
France Christian Plaziat
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