Rainer Pottel
East German decathlete
Rainer Pottel (born 29 August 1953 in Berlin) is a retired decathlete, who represented East Germany in the 1970s and 1980s. He had the best performance in the world in 1981, collecting 8,334 points at a meet in Birmingham, England (30 August 1981). He is a three-time national champion (1974, 1977 and 1981) for East Germany in the men's decathlon.
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- 1981 Year List
- GBRathletics
- sports-reference
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- 1970: Rüdiger Demmig (GDR)
- 1971: Kurt Bendlin (FRG)
- 1972: Mykola Avilov (URS)
- 1973: Lennart Hedmark (SWE)
- 1974: Ryszard Skowronek (POL)
- 1975–1976: Bruce Jenner (USA)
- 1977: Aleksandr Grebenyuk (URS)
- 1978–1980: Guido Kratschmer (FRG)
- 1981: Rainer Pottel (GDR)
- 1982: Daley Thompson (GBR)
- 1983: Jürgen Hingsen (FRG)
- 1984: Daley Thompson (GBR)
- 1985: Torsten Voss (GDR)
- 1986: Daley Thompson (GBR)
- 1987: Torsten Voss (GDR)
- 1988: Christian Plaziat (FRA)
- 1989: Dave Johnson (USA)
- 1990: Christian Plaziat (FRA)
- 1991–1993: Dan O'Brien (USA)
- 1994: Eduard Hämäläinen (BLR)
- 1995–1996: Dan O'Brien (USA)
- 1997: Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)
- 1998: Dan O'Brien (USA)
- 1999–2000: Tomáš Dvořák (CZE)
- 2001–2004: Roman Šebrle (CZE)
- 2005–2006: Bryan Clay (USA)
- 2007: Roman Šebrle (CZE)
- 2008: Bryan Clay (USA)
- 2009: Trey Hardee (USA)
- 2010: Bryan Clay (USA)
- 2011–2013: Ashton Eaton (USA)
- 2014: Andrei Krauchanka (BLR)
- 2015–2016: Ashton Eaton (USA)
- 2017-2018: Kevin Mayer (FRA)
- 2019: Damian Warner (CAN)
- 2020: Kevin Mayer (FRA)
- 2021: Damian Warner (CAN)
- 2022: Garrett Scantling (USA)
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