Torsten Voss
{{Short description|East German bobsledder}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver|1988 Seoul|Decathlon}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1987 Rome|Decathlon}}
{{MedalSport|Men's bobsleigh}}
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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|1997 St. Moritz|Four-man}}
{{MedalBronze|1995 Winterberg|Four-man}}
{{MedalBronze|1996 Calgary|Four-man}}
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Torsten Voss (sometimes listed as Thorsten Voss; {{IPA|de|ˈtɔʁstn̩ ˈfɔs|-|De-Torsten Voss.ogg}}; born 24 March 1963 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former East German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.
File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1984-0107-016, Torsten Voß.jpg
His biggest success was when he won the world title in the decathlon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome as a representative for East Germany. He achieved a personal best score of 8680 points and was chosen as the East German sportsman of the year. In 1988 in the Seoul Summer Olympic Games he won the silver medal behind fellow East German, Christian Schenk.{{cite Sports-Reference}} His personal best of 8680 points ranks him sixth among German decathletes, behind Leo Neugebauer, Jürgen Hingsen, Uwe Freimuth, Siegfried Wentz and Frank Busemann.
In 1994 Voss switched to bobsleigh and was a pusher for Harald Czudaj and Wolfgang Hoppe. He won three medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with one silver (1997 with Dirk Wiese) and two bronzes (1995 with Czudaj, 1996 with Hoppe). Voss also finished eighth in the four-man event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.
As a track and field athlete he was 1.86 meters tall and weighed 88 kilograms.
Other results in decathlon
- 1981 Junior-European championship: 2nd place
- 1982 Junior-World record: 8397 Points; East German champion
- 1983 World championship in Helsinki; East German champion
- 1987 East German champion
- 1990 East German champion
- 1993 (after a break for injury) Second place in the German championship (8037 points)
References
- {{cite web |url=http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html |title=Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930 |website=Sports123.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211002351/http://sports123.com/bob/mw-4.html |archive-date=2007-12-11}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.shinmai.co.jp/oly-eng/19980221/98022192.htm |title=1998 bobsleigh four-man results |website=Shinmai.co.jp}}
- {{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 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2007}}
External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|torsten-voss}}
- {{Olympedia|69907}}
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{{Footer WBYP Decathlon}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Güstrow
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Bobsledders at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Category:East German decathletes
Category:German male bobsledders
Category:Olympic athletes for East Germany
Category:Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
Category:Olympic bobsledders for Germany
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for East Germany
Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
Category:World Athletics Championships winners
Category:Friendship Games medalists in athletics