 Jörg Drehmel in 1970 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 3 May 1945 (1945-05-03) (age 79) Trantow, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | ASK Vorwärts Potsdam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Heinz Rieger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 17.31 (1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jörg Drehmel (born 3 May 1945) is a retired East German triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1972 Olympics. He was the European champion in 1971.
Sports career
Drehmel first tried his hand at the javelin throw and the decathlon before switching to the triple jump in 1966. His first big success came with a win at the European Cup in 1970, where he was the first German jumper to set a record with the first-ever jump over 17 meters. His jump of 17.16 meters to win the European Championship in 1971 did not qualify as a record due to excessive tail wind.
Background
Drehmel had a degree in electronics and was an officer in the National People's Army. At the end of his career in 1977 he became a youth coach for long and triple jump athletes. At the demise of the GDR he lost this position, and later joined the state sports association in the state of Brandenburg. At present he is the honorary jumping coach at SC Potsdam. He resides in Stahnsdorf near Potsdam.
References
- Jörg Drehmel. trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jörg Drehmel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
External links
Media related to Jörg Drehmel at Wikimedia Commons- Jörg Drehmel at World Athletics
- Jörg Drehmel at European Athletics (archive)
- Jörg Drehmel at Olympics.com
- Jörg Drehmel at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Jörg Drehmel at Olympic.org (archived)
- Jörg Drehmel at Olympedia (archive)
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- 1945 births
- Living people
- People from Vorpommern-Greifswald
- East German male triple jumpers
- Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Olympic athletes for East Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for East Germany
- Medalists at the 1970 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1973 Summer Universiade
- East German Athletics Championships winners
- German athletics Olympic medalist stubs