- Jörg Friess
Jörg Friess (born
27 October 1968 ) is a retired East Germantriple jump er, who finished fourth at the 1990 European Championships [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/athletics-heroes/stats_athletics/european/1990_m.asp 1990 European Championships, men's results] - Sporting Heroes] with a career best jump of 17.01 metres.This result places him tenth on the German all-time performers list, behind
Ralf Jaros ,Charles Friedek ,Volker Mai ,Dirk Gamlin ,Peter Bouschen ,Wolfgang Zinser ,Jörg Drehmel ,Jörg Elbe andWolfgang Knabe . Friess had a better indoor result with 17.31 metres, achieved in February 1991 inMannheim . [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ]Friess became East German champion in 1987 and 1990 for the team
SC Dynamo Berlin , [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/209.html East German championships, men's triple jump] ] and won a national silver medal in reunified Germany in 1991 forOSC Berlin . [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/23.html German championships, men's triple jump] ]Achievements
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