- Guido Kratschmer
Guido Kratschmer (born
10 January ,1953 , in Klotzenhof,Germany ) is a retired West Germandecathlete . His sports club was theUSC Mainz .Kretschmer competed at the
1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal , where he won the silver medal in the men's decathlon event. He could not participate at the1980 Summer Olympics due to the boycott.In 1980, Kratschmer broke the World Record held by
Daley Thompson , but in 1982, Kratchmer's mark was in turn topped by Thompson.Kratchmer's personal best total in the decathlon was 8667 points, achieved in June 1980 in
Bernhausen ,Germany . This total ranks him sixth all-time among German decathletes, behindJürgen Hingsen ,Uwe Freimuth ,Siegfried Wentz ,Frank Busemann , andTorsten Voss . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ]Achievements
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