Jürgen Hingsen

Jürgen Hingsen (born 25 January 1958) is a former West German decathlete who won several medals at international championships and Olympic Games in the 1980s, and held the decathlon world record in 1982 and again from 1983 to 1984. His rivalry with British decathlete Daley Thompson proved one of the most exciting in athletics during the 1980s.

Jürgen Hingsen

Jürgen Hingsen in 1987
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	25 January 1958 (age 63) Duisburg, West Germany
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Decathlon
Club	Bayer Leverkusen LAV Bayer Uerdingen Dormagen, Krefeld
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Decathlon 8,832 points
Medal record Representing  West Germany Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Decathlon World Championships 1983 Helsinki Decathlon European Championships 1982 Athens Decathlon 1986 Stuttgart Decathlon

Biography

The 2 metres (6 ft 6.7 in) tall athlete came second in the Olympic decathlon at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles just behind Daley Thompson. Also in 1984, Hingsen set his personal best in the decathlon at 8832 points – then a world record, and still the German record.[2]

During the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Hingsen made three false starts in the 100 metre sprint, and he was disqualified from that event – and effectively eliminated from that decathlon competition.[3]

References

1. "Jürgen Hingsen". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
2. ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" (PDF). Archived from the original on April 13, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2007.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link). leichtathletik.de
3. Jürgen Hingsen. sports-reference.com