Frank Paschek

Frank Paschek ( born June 25, 1956 in Bad Doberan ) is a former German athlete who - starting for the GDR - at the 1980 Olympic Games, won the silver medal in the long jump.

Life

Frank Paschek was 16 years old in 1972 Spartakiadesieger, 1974 DDR junior and youth champion and 1978 DDR Champion men's class. In 1979, he climbed into the world's best at: In the USSR Völkerspartakiade in Moscow, a test for the held in the following year the Moscow Olympics, he won and defeated while the later nine times the sprint and long jump gold medalist Carl Lewis (USA). However, this could not launch at the Olympic Games in Moscow because of the boycott of the Olympic USA.

1980 Paschek was the second time the GDR champion and set with 8.36 m a new DDR record. At the games in Moscow Paschek won with 8.21 m silver medal, behind his team-mates Lutz Dombrowski at the same time increased its record to 8.54 m. 1981 Paschek GDR champion was in the hall.

Frank Paschek had a competition weight of 72 kg at a height of 1.83 m. In the becoming public knowledge after the fall of documents to the state doping in the GDR was found in the doped athletes also the name of Paschek.

In 1982, Paschek on users active sports. He later became coach at his former sports club, the TSC Berlin. When he coached at Active Werner Willamowski.

1980 Frank Paschek was awarded the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze.

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