Jörg Friess (born 27 October 1968) is a retired East German
triple jumper, who finished fourth at the
1990 European Championships with a career best jump of 17.01 metres.
This result places him tenth on the German all-time performers list, behind
Ralf Jaros
Ralf Jaros (born 13 December 1965, in Düsseldorf) is a former German triple jumper. With a height of 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in), he had a competition weight of 85 kg (187 lb).
On 30 June 1991, in the European Cup, Ralf Jaros set a German t ...
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Charles Friedek,
Volker Mai
Volker Mai (born 3 May 1966 in Templin) is a former triple jumper who represented East Germany. Representing SC Neubrandenburg, he holds the current world junior record with 17.50 metres, achieved on 23 June 1985 in Erfurt.
Biography
Mai won h ...
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Dirk Gamlin
A dirk is a long bladed thrusting dagger.Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), ''Dagger'', The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. VII, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1910), p. 729 Historically, it gained its name from the Highland Dirk (Sco ...
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Peter Bouschen
Peter Bouschen (born 16 May 1960 in Düsseldorf) is a retired West German triple jumper.
His personal best jump was 17.43 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Düsseldorf. This result places him fifth on the German all-time list, behind Ralf Jaros ...
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Wolfgang Zinser
Wolfgang Zinser (born 26 March 1964 in Löffingen, Baden-Württemberg) is a retired West German triple jumper. He currently works as an orthopedic doctor, specializing in the use of the patient's own stem cells to treat joint pain.
Career
He finis ...
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Jörg Drehmel
Jörg Drehmel (born 3 May 1945) is a retired East German triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1972 Olympics. He was the European champion in 1971.
Sports career
Drehmel first tried his hand at the javelin throw and the decathlon befo ...
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Jörg Elbe and
Wolfgang Knabe
Wolfgang Knabe (born 12 July 1959) is a West German triple jumper.
He finished eighth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 1983 World Championships without reaching the final.
His personal best jump was 17.12 metres, a ...
. Friess had a better indoor result with 17.31 metres, achieved in February 1991 in
Mannheim.
Friess became East German champion in 1987 and 1990 for the team
SC Dynamo Berlin
The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was the largest sports club of SV Dynamo, the sports association of the security agencies. The club was disbanded after German reunification and even ...
, and won a national silver medal in reunified Germany in 1991 for
OSC Berlin
OSC may refer to:
Organizations
* ''Odborové sdružení československé,'' the Czechoslovak Trade Union Association
* Office of Special Counsel (in the United States of America)
* Ohio Supercomputer Center, a computing research facility in Col ...
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German championships, men's triple jump
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Achievements
References
1968 births
East German male triple jumpers
Living people
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