Hans-Joachim Walde

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Hans-Joachim Walde (right)

Hans-Joachim Walde (born June 28, 1942 in Gläsersdorf , Lower Silesia , † April 18, 2013 in Jever ) was a German athlete and medic who competed for the Federal Republic of Germany .

Life

Walde won two Olympic medals in the decathlon for the Federal Republic :

  • At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo he started in the joint German team for the Federal Republic and won the bronze medal (7809 points; individual performances: 11.0 s - 7.21 m - 14.45 m - 1.96 m - 49.4) s - 15.3 s - 43.15 m - 4.10 m - 62.90 m - 4: 37.0 min.)
  • He took part in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City with the team of the Federal Republic of Germany and finished second (8111 points; individual performances: 10.9 s - 7.64 m - 15.13 m - 2.01 m - 49.0 s - 14.8 s - 43.54 m - 4.30 m - 71.62 m - 4: 58.5 min.)

At the European Athletics Championships in 1971 , Hans-Joachim Walde came third. He had to abandon the competition at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich after an injury.

Hans-Joachim Walde belonged to the USC Mainz . During his competition time he was 1.91 m tall and weighed 89 kg.

Walde studied medicine and received his doctorate in 1972 at the University of Mainz . Later he was the chief physician of the sports medicine division at the Northwest Hospital in Sanderbusch , Friesland.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Der Decathlete , Friesenblog, April 21, 2013, accessed on January 4, 2016