Siegfried Wentz
{{Short description|German decathlete (born 1960)}}
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{{MedalSport|Men's athletics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalBronze|1984 Los Angeles|Decathlon}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1987 Rome|Decathlon}}
{{MedalBronze|1983 Helsinki|Decathlon}}
{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Zagreb|Decathlon}}
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Siegfried "Siggi" Wentz ({{IPA|de|ˈzɪɡi vɛnt͡s|-|De-Siggi Wentz.ogg}}; 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
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |title="Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik |trans-title="Eternal" list of the best in German athletics |website=leichtathletik.de |language=de |publisher=Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2007}}
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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| 1982
|Athens, Greece |20th |7284 pts |
| 1983
|Helsinki, Finland |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |8478 pts |
| 1984
|Olympic Games{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Siggi Wentz |quote=Full name: Siegfried Wentz}} |Los Angeles, United States |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |8412 pts |
| 1986
|Stuttgart, Germany |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |8676 pts |
| rowspan=2|1987
|Zagreb, Yugoslavia |bgcolor=gold|1st |8348 pts |
| World Championship
|Rome. Italy |bgcolor=silver|2nd |8461 pts |
| 1990
|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
- Altmaier, Doris; Wentz, Siegfried: Ernährung mit Spaß - Bewegung mit Maß (Nutrition with Fun - Movement with Measure), 2004, Fitness Advisor
See also
References
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External links
- {{World Athletics||Siegfried Wentz}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|siegfried-wentz|Siegfried Wentz}}
- {{Olympedia|70588|Siggi Wentz}}
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{{succession box|before={{flagicon|URS}} Aleksandr Nevskiy|title=Men's heptathlon world record holder|years=20 February 1982 – 12 February 1989|after={{flagicon|FRA}} Christian Plaziat}}
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Category:West German decathletes
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for West Germany
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:European Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany
Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for West Germany
Category:Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
Category:People from Roth (district)
Category:Athletes from Middle Franconia
Category:People from Ostalbkreis