Wolfgang Zinser (born 26 March 1964 in

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) is a retired

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er. He currently works as an orthopedic doctor, specializing in the use of the patient's own stem cells to treat joint pain.

Career

He finished twelfth at the 1988 European Indoor Championships and competed at the 1986 European Championships without reaching the final. His personal best jump was 17.33 metres, achieved in September 1988 in

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. This result places him sixth on the German all-time performers list, behind Ralf Jaros,

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, Volker Mai, Dirk Gamlin and Peter Bouschen. Zinser became West German champion in 1989, and also won national silver medals in 1985, 1986 and 1988. Indoors he became West German champion in 1988, 1989 and 1990. He represented the sports clubs Salamander Kornwestheim,

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Education

From 1995 to 1999 he studied medicine at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf and is now working as doctor in

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References

1964 births Living people People from Löffingen Sportspeople from Freiburg (region) German male triple jumpers West German male triple jumpers SV Salamander Kornwestheim athletes LG Bayer Leverkusen athletes TV Wattenscheid athletes Physicians from Baden-Württemberg 1988 European Athletics Indoor Championships 1986 European Athletics Championships West German triple jumpers {{West Germany-athletics-bio-stub