Joachim Kirst (born 21 May 1947, in Neustadt/Harz) is a retired East German

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word " pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or � ...

. He competed for the sports club ASK Potsdam during his active career.

Achievements

1947 births Living people East German decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for East Germany People from the Harz National People's Army sportspeople European Athletics Championships medalists {{East Germany-athletics-bio-stub