Konstantin Krause (born 8 October 1967, in

Bad Langensalza Bad Langensalza (; until 1956: Langensalza) is a spa town of 17,500 inhabitants in the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Unstrut-Hainich district, Thuringia, central Germany. Geography Location Bad Langensalza is located in the Thuringian Basin, the fe ...

) is a retired

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er. He won the silver medal at the 1992 European Indoor Championships. He represented the sports clubs

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, TV Heppenheim and LG Ohra/Hörsel, and became German champion in 1998 and 1999. His personal best jump is 8.27 metres, achieved in June 1997 in

. This ranks him fifth among German long jumpers, behind

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, Frank Paschek,

Josef Schwarz Josef "Sepp" Schwarz (born 20 May 1941 in Strabowitz, Sudetenland, 9.Germany; today Třebovice, Czech Republic) is a retired German long jumper. He represented West Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Schwarz set the world's best year p ...

and Henry Lauterbach and equal to Marco Delonge.

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* 1967 births Living people People from Bad Langensalza German male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany Athletes from Thuringia 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-longjump-bio-stub