Max Klauss

Max Klauss at the decathlon in 1967

Max Klauß (born July 27, 1947 in Siegmar-Schönau ) is a German athlete and Olympic participant who - starting for the GDR - was successful as a long jumper in the 1960s and 1970s . His greatest success is the victory at the European Championships in 1971 , for which he was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.

Assignments at international highlights in detail

• 1966, European Junior Games : 1st place ( 7.59 m - 7.43 - 7.52 - 7.40 - approx - 7.47)
• 1966, European Championships : 4th place in the decathlon (7446 points, corresponds to 7280 points according to the 1985 table; 11.0 s - 7.61 m - 12.94 m - 1.91 m - 49.8 s - 16.7 s - 40.38 m - 4.35 m - 53.10 m - 4: 44.6 min)
• 1969, European Championships : 6th place (7.71w - 7.94 - 7.96 - 8.00 m - 7.83 - 7.77w)
• 1971, European Championships : 1st place (7.87 - 7.71 - 7.92 m - 7.75 - invalid - invalid)
• 1972, European Indoor Championships : 1st place (7.88 - 7.85 - 7.92 - 7.81 - 6.71 - 8.02 m )
• 1972, Olympic Games : 6th place (7.51 - 7.94 - 7.96 m - 7.86 - 6.13 - 7.88)
• 1973, European Indoor Championships : 2nd place (7.62 - invalid - invalid - invalid - invalid - 7.83 m )
• 1974, European Indoor Championships : 3rd place (invalid - 7.42 - 8.03 m - 7.66 - 7.68 - 7.99)
• 1974, European Championships : 7th place (invalid - 7.73 m - 7.67 - ung - 7.73 - waived)

Max Klauß initially belonged to the SC Karl-Marx-Stadt , later to the SC Einheit Dresden . In his playing days he was 1.85 m tall and weighed 85 kg.

literature

• Klaus Amrhein: Biographical manual on the history of German athletics 1898–2005 . 2 volumes. Darmstadt 2005 published on German Athletics Promotion and Project Society

Web links

Commons : Max Klauß  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Place of birth according to Klaus Amrhein in a correction to his manual, which can be found in DGLD-Bulletin 54 (2009) on page 209
2. ↑ Berliner Zeitung , December 4, 1971, p. 4