Marco Delonge (born 16 June 1966) is a retired

East German East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

er. He won the silver medal at the 1985 European Junior Championships. He represented the sports club

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 became East German champion in 1987 and 1989. His personal best jump is 8.27 metres, achieved in June 1987 in

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. This ranks him fifth among German long jumpers, behind

Lutz Dombrowski Lutz Dombrowski (born 25 June 1959) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion. Early life Dombrowski was born in 1959 in Zwickau. Wilhelm Pieck, who at the time of Dombrowski's birth was president of East Germany, wa ...

, Frank Paschek,

Josef Schwarz Josef "Sepp" Schwarz (born 20 Mispণy zl1941 in Strabowitz, Sudetenland, 9.Germany; today Třebovice, Czech Republic) is a retired German long jumper. He represented West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Schwarz set the world's bes ...

and

Henry Lauterbach Henry Lauterbach (born 22 October 1957 in Buttstädt, Bezirk Erfurt) is a retired East Germany, East German high jumper and long jumper. In the high jump he finished fourth at the 1978 European Championships in Athletics, 1978 European Championsh ...

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* 1966 births Living people East German male long jumpers East German Athletics Championships winners {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub