Hans-Joachim Walde
 Walde (right) at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 28 June 1942 Szklary Górne, Dolnośląskie, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 April 2013 (aged 70) Jever, Niedersachsen, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Decathlon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Universitätssportclub Mainz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Friedel Schirmer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best | 8094 (1968) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hans-Joachim Walde (28 June 1942 – 18 April 2013) was a West German track and field athlete.[1] He competed in the decathlon at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1964 and a silver in 1968.[2]
Walde won national decathlon titles in 1964 and 1969, and set a world record the heptathlon in 1970. For several years he was the athlete's speaker of the German National Team. After retiring from competitions Walde became an orthopedic surgeon. He first specialized in general traumas, but then switched to sports medicine, in particular to shoulder surgery. He was a member of the German Shoulder and Elbow Society (DVSW) and director of sports medicine at Northwest Hospital in Frisian Sanderbusch, Lower Saxony. His son Hendrik also competed in decathlon.[2]
References
- ^ "Höchstleistungen im Sport und in Medizin | NWZonline". Nwzonline.de. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
- ^ a b Hans-Joachim Walde. sports-reference.com
World University Games champions in men's decathlon | |
|---|---|
| |
† 1959 was contested as a pentathlon |
  | This article about an athletics Olympic medalist for Germany is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1942 births
- 2013 deaths
- West German decathletes
- Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of West Germany
- Olympic athletes of the United Team of Germany
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- German athletics Olympic medalist stubs