Gerd Wessig

Gerd Wessig (* July 16, 1959 in Lübz ) is a German athlete who - starting for the GDR - 1980 Olympic champion in high jump was.

Life

He was runner-up in 1979 the GDR. In 1980 he was nominated with a personal best of 2.30 m surprisingly short before the Olympics GDR champion and was then subsequently for the GDR team. At the Olympic Games in Moscow, he was so true to the extended circle of favorites, but that he with 2.36m not only won the gold medal, but also a new world record, was considered a sensation. He was the first high jumper who was at the Olympics enhance the high jump world record. Silver medalist was the previous record holder Wszola Jacek from Poland.

After the Olympics, he tried his hand as a decathlete ( Best Performance: 8015 points, May 23, 1983 in Neubrandenburg, equivalent to 7974 points after valid from 1985 Table ), turned, however, due to frequent injuries again the high jump to. In 1985 he was European Cup runner-up, 1986, he reached at the European Championships in Stuttgart seventh, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, and he was East German champion in 1989.

Gerd Wessig was 2.01 m tall and 88 kg in his playing days and started for the SC Traktor Schwerin ( Coach: Bernd Jahn ). 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 Wessig.

Wessig visited the John Brinckmann school in Goldberg and trained as a chef and a distance education program for home educators. Since the end of his active career, he operates in Lübstorf - Rugensee (Mecklenburg- Vorpommern ) is a company that sports equipment, sports and recreational facilities as well as parks and gardens sells. When Schwerin SC, he became head of the Athletics Department. He married the long jumper Christine Schima ( Best Performance: 6.96 m, 1984; seventh place at the European Athletics Championships in 1982 ), the son of Daniel Wessig is German junior national team in handball.

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