Uwe Freimuth
Uwe Freimuth (born 10 September 1961 in Rathenow, Brandenburg) is a retired decathlete from East Germany, who finished in eighth place with 7860 points at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Biography
He is still the No. 8 in the world ranking list of all times. His personal best is 8 792 Points. He did 24 competitions more than 8000 points.
A former record holder for East Germany, he is a four-time national champion (1984, 1985, 1986 and 1988) in the men's decathlon. He represented the sports club ASK Vorwärts Potsdam. After his career he started his profession as a club coach in Potsdam. From 1995 until 1998 he was in charge as a National Coach for Decathlon and High Jump in Malaysia. 1998 he became union coach in Bavaria and 2000 he moved as a lecturer to the Institute of Sports at the University of Wuerzburg / Germany. He became Sportscientist for Theory of Sport and Analysis. 2002 he finished his Dissertation. In September 2007 Freimuth went to Malaysia again to take over Department for Development at the Institute of Sports (ISN) in Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia. From October 2009 until October 2011, Freimuth represented the German Olympic Sports Confederation in Hanoi/Vietnam. He was in charge as Technical Director for the Vietnam Athletic Federation. Since September 2013, Freimuth is Professor for Sport & Event Management at the Business and Information, Technology School at Berlin, Hamburg and Iserlohn.
He is the twin brother of high jumper Jörg Freimuth, who won the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.