Werner von Moltke

Werner Konrad Graf von Moltke ( * May 24, 1936 in Mühlhausen, Saxony Province ) is a former German athlete who was successful in the 1950s and 1960s in the decathlon. It comes from the Mecklenburg noble Moltke.

Werner von Moltke started for TSV Ellwangen, Stuttgarter Kickers and the University Sports Club Mainz. He had a competition weight of 90 kg at a height of 1.90 m. 1958 and 1968 he became German champion in the decathlon. The European Athletics Championships 1962 in Belgrade, he won the silver medal - just four points beaten by the then world record holder, the Russian Vasily Kuznetsov - and at the European Athletics Championships in Budapest in 1966 the title in the decathlon. In the Summer Olympics 1968 in Mexico City, he retired after the second competition, the long jump, from. His personal best reached Moltke in December 1966 with 7849 points.

From 1989 to 1997, Werner von Moltke was Vice President of the German Athletics Association. From 1997 to 2012, he led the German Volleyball Association as President.

He was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit (2005), the Silver bay leaf (1967) and the golden band of the Berlin Sports Press ( 1966). 1984 initiated Moltke the club of the best. On the eve of the DVV Cup Finals 2014, the DVV honorary president received the Volleyball Award, which is awarded since 2006.