Siegfried Wentz

German decathlete (born 1960)

Siegfried Wentz

Personal information

Born|  (1960-03-07) 7 March 1960 (age 65)
Röthenbach bei St. Wolfgang [de]

Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
| 1984 Los Angeles | Decathlon
World Championships
| 1987 Rome | Decathlon
| 1983 Helsinki | Decathlon
Universiade
| 1987 Zagreb | Decathlon

Siegfried "Siggi" Wentz (German pronunciation: [ˈzɪɡi vɛnt͡s] ⓘ; born 7 March 1960) is a German former track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon. He is the 1984 Olympic bronze medallist, and a two-time World Championship medallist.

## Career

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Wentz was born in Rothenbach. In the 1980s and until 1990 he represented West Germany and belonged to the world elite in the decathlon. His most notable result was winning the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. At that event he scored 8412 points, his results for each of the events were 10.99s - 7.11m - 15.87m - 2.09m - 47.78s - 14.35s - 46.60m - 4.50m - 67.68m - 4:33.96 min.

His personal best result of 8762 points in Filderstadt-Bernhausen on 5 June 1983, placed him third on the world all-time list at that time behind Jürgen Hingsen and Daley Thompson, and still ranks him 14th on the all-time list (as of 2018). It ranks him third among German decathletes, only behind Hingsen and Uwe Freimuth.[1]

After his career in sports, Wentz became a doctor, eventually rising to chief doctor at the Schlüsselbad clinic in Bad Peterstal (Black Forest).

## International competitions

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Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes

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1982  | European Championships | Athens, Greece  | 20th  | 7284 pts
1983  | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland  | 3rd  | 8478 pts
1984  | Olympic Games[2] | Los Angeles, United States  | 3rd  | 8412 pts
1986  | European Championships | Stuttgart, Germany  | 3rd  | 8676 pts
1987  | Universiade | Zagreb, Yugoslavia  | 1st  | 8348 pts
World Championship | Rome. Italy  | 2nd  | 8461 pts
1990  | European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia  | 12th  | 7810 pts

Wentz represented USC Mainz sports club. During his active sport career he was 1.93 meters tall and weighed 93 kilograms.

## Publications

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* Altmaier, Doris; Wentz, Siegfried: Ernährung mit Spaß - Bewegung mit Maß (Nutrition with Fun - Movement with Measure), 2004, Fitness Advisor

## See also

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* Men's heptathlon world record progression

## References

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1. ^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Siggi Wentz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. "Full name: Siegfried Wentz"

## External links

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* Siegfried Wentz at World Athletics
* Siegfried Wentz at Olympics.com
* Siggi Wentz at Olympedia

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World University Games champions in men's decathlon

* 1959:  Vasili Kuznetsov (URS) †
* 1961:  Vasili Kuznetsov (URS)
* 1963:  Manfred Pflugbeil (FRG)
* 1965:  Bill Toomey (USA)
* 1967:  Hans-Joachim Walde (FRG)
* 1970:  Mykola Avilov (URS)
* 1973:  Ryszard Skowronek (POL)
* 1975:  Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT)
* 1977:  Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT)
* 1979:  Sepp Zeilbauer (AUT)
* 1981:  Aleksandr Shablenko (URS)
* 1983:  Dave Steen (CAN)
* 1985:  Mike Ramos (USA)
* 1987:  Siegfried Wentz (FRG)
* 1989:  Dave Johnson (USA)
* 1991:  Steve Fritz (USA)
* 1993:  Sébastien Levicq (FRA)
* 1995:  Dezső Szabó (HUN)
* 1997:  Roman Šebrle (CZE)
* 1999:  Raúl Duany (CUB)
* 2001:  Raúl Duany (CUB)
* 2003:  Romain Barras (FRA)
* 2005:  Aliaksandr Parkhomenka (BLR)
* 2007:  Jacob Minah (GER)
* 2009:  Mikalai Shubianok (BLR)
* 2011:  Vasiliy Kharlamov (RUS)
* 2013:  Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)
* 2015:  Thomas van der Plaetsen (BEL)
* 2017:  Kyle Cranston (AUS)
* 2019:  Aaron Booth (NZL)
* 2021:  Vilém Stráský (CZE)

† 1959 was contested as a pentathlon

Records

Preceded by

Aleksandr Nevskiy

|  Men's heptathlon world record holder
20 February 1982 - 12 February 1989  | Succeeded by

Christian Plaziat

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany

People|

* World Athletics
* DDB

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*[URS]: Soviet Union
*[FRG]: West Germany
*[USA]: United States
*[POL]: Poland
*[AUT]: Austria
*[CAN]: Canada
*[FRA]: France
*[HUN]: Hungary
*[CZE]: Czech Republic
*[CUB]: Cuba
*[BLR]: Belarus
*[GER]: Germany
*[RUS]: Russia
*[BEL]: Belgium
*[AUS]: Australia
*[NZL]: New Zealand