Frank Paschek (born 25 June 1956) is a retired

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long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er. He was born in

Bad Doberan Bad Doberan () is a town in the district of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Bad Doberan. In 2012, its population was 11,427. Geography Bad Doberan is situated just west of Rostock's city c ...

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, and won a silver medal for East Germany at the

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held in

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. His personal best jump was 8.36 metres, achieved in May 1980 in

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. This ranks him fourth among German long jumpers, behind

Lutz Dombrowski Lutz Dombrowski (born 25 June 1959) is a former German people, German track and field athlete and Olympic champion. Early life Dombrowski was born in 1959 in Zwickau. Wilhelm Pieck, who at the time of Dombrowski's birth was Leadership of ...

Christian Reif Christian Reif (born 24 October 1984 in Speyer) is a retired German long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Alo ...

and

Sebastian Bayer Sebastian Bayer (born 11 June 1986 in Aachen, West Germany) is a German long jumper best known for having history's second longest indoor long jump. Biography He won the silver medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships. He also competed a ...

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1956 births Living people People from Bad Doberan Sportspeople from Bezirk Rostock East German male long jumpers Athletes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Olympic athletes for East Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in bronze East German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub