Josef "Sepp" Schwarz (born 20 May 1941 in Strabowitz,

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, 9.Germany; today

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) 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 represented

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at the

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. Schwarz set the world's best year performance in the men's

in the year 1970: 8.35 metres (personal best); this also was the world record at low altitude, until 1975. He also had winning performances in 1970 at the

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and the West German Championships.

References

* 1941 births Living people German male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for West Germany People from Sudetenland People from Ústí nad Orlicí District Athletes from Munich West German Athletics Championships winners 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-longjump-bio-stub