Frank Busemann (; born 26 February 1975 in Recklinghausen) is a former German decathlete. He currently works as a pundit for athletics coverage by German TV channel Das Erste. Busemann started his career as a 110 m hurdler and was junior world champion in this discipline in 1994. After his surprising decathlon silver medal at the

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with his personal best of 8706 points he became one of Germany's most popular sportsmen. He also was named ''German Sportsman of the Year''. At the

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of the following year Busemann came third. After these successes Busemann confronted severe injuries from which he only recovered partly. He made a comeback at the 2000 Olympics where he finished in seventh place. In 2003, at the age of just 28, he retired because of his deteriorating physical condition. His personal best of 8706 points ranks him fourth among German decathletes, behind Jürgen Hingsen, Uwe Freimuth and Siegfried Wentz.

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1975 births Living people German male hurdlers German decathletes Olympic decathletes Olympic athletes of Germany Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships medalists People from Recklinghausen Sportspeople from Münster (region) {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub