Siegfried Stark (athlete)

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Siegfried Stark (born June 12, 1955 in Rehna ) is a German athlete and Olympic participant who - starting for the GDR - was successful as a decathlete in the 1970s and 1980s .

Life

He was fourth at the Junior European Championships in 1973. In 1976 he was GDR champion for the first time. At the Olympic Games , which took place in Montreal that year, he came in sixth. In 1977 Stark was able to defend his championship title. In Prague he won the European Championships in 1978 behind Alexander Grebenjuk , who won with a championship record, and Daley Thompson the bronze medal. In 1979 Stark defeated Guido Kratschmer at the European Cup , but at the Olympic Games in Moscow he had to give up after an injury in the long jump after the second discipline. At the European Championships in 1982 he won the bronze medal again. In 1985 he ended his sports career.

Results at international highlights in detail:

  • 1976, Olympic Games : 6th place (8048 points = 8051 points according to the 1985 table: 11.35 s - 6.98 m - 15.08 m - 1.91 m - 49.14 s - 15.65 s - 45 , 48 m - 4.65 m - 74.18 m - 4: 24.93 min)
  • 1978, European Championships : 3rd place (8208 points = 8225 points according to the 1985 table: 11.17 s - 7.30 m - 15.04 m - 1.95 m - 49.57 s - 15.12 s - 44, 52 m - 4.90 m - 69.00 m - 4: 24.0 min)
  • 1980, Olympic Games : abandoned after the second discipline
  • 1982, European Championships : 3rd place (8,433 points = 8,472 points according to the 1985 table: 11.30 s - 7.31 m - 15.71 m - 2.03 m - 48.76 s - 14.89 s - 48, 64 m - 5.00 m - 67.38 m - 4: 23.52 min)

The individual results are given in the order of the competition: 100 m , long jump , shot put , high jump , 400 m , 110 m hurdles , discus throw , pole vault , javelin throw , 1500-meter run .

Stark belonged to the SC Traktor Schwerin and was 1.86 m tall and 88 kg heavy during his competition time. In the documents on state doping in the GDR that became public after reunification , the name of Stark was also found among the doped athletes.

Stark finished his sports studies in 1982. After his active sports time, he was a sports instructor for educators. After reunification he became a national trainer in Austria. After four years he went back to Germany and became head of a sports studio in Ratzeburg.

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.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ursula Braun: Still: Strong for Sport , Lübecker Nachrichten May 12, 2012
  2. ^ Brigitte Berendonk : Doping. From research to fraud . Reinbek 1992, ISBN 3-499-18677-2 , p. 183
  3. ↑ Ursula Braun: Still: Strong for Sport , Lübecker Nachrichten May 12, 2012

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personal data
SURNAME Strong, Siegfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete and Olympian
DATE OF BIRTH June 12, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Rehna