Josef Schäffer (born July 2, 1891 in
Moravia
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The medieval and early ...
) was an Austrian
track and field
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athlete who competed in the
1912 Summer Olympics
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.
Career
He was the Austrian champion in pole vault in 1914, shot put in 1911, and
decathlon in 1913.
He competed in the
decathlon
The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of 10 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 ἄ ...
,
shot put
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,
discus throw
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and
two-handed discus throw at the
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad () and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, between 6 July and 22 July 1912. The opening ceremony was he ...
, his first Olympics. He finished tenth in the decathlon, throwing the second-furthest in the discus on his way to his score of 6568.585. In the shot put, he finished thirteenth. In the discus throw, he only managed to come twenty-ninth in the regular discus throw but came sixteenth in the two-handed discus.
His personal bests achieved were
* SP – 12.80 (1912)
* Decathlon – 5049 (1912)
* DT – 42.09 (1914)
See also
*
Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics
References
External links
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1891 births
Austrian decathletes
Austrian male shot putters
Austrian male discus throwers
Olympic athletes for Austria
Athletes (track and field) at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Year of death missing
Olympic decathletes
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