Siegfried "Siggi" Wentz (; born 7 March 1960) is a German former

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athlete who competed in the

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. He is the 1984 Olympic bronze medallist, and a two-time

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medallist.

Career

Wentz was born in

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. In the 1980s and until 1990 he represented

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and belonged to the world elite in the

. His most notable result was winning the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in

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. 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

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on 5 June 1983, placed him third on the world all-time list at that time behind Jürgen Hingsen and

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, 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. After his career in sports, Wentz became a doctor, eventually rising to chief doctor at the Schlüsselbad clinic in

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(

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International competitions

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

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wentz, Siegfried 1960 births Living people West German decathletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of West Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for West Germany Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade

Career

International competitions

Publications

See also

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