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Jürgen Schult
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1960-05-11 ) 11 May 1960 (age 66) , Neuhaus, Hagenow , Mecklenburg-Vorpommern , East Germany
- Height
- 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
- Weight
- 110 kg (243 lb)
- Country
- East Germany (1979–1990) Germany (1991–2000)
- Sport
- Athletics
- Event
- Discus throw
- Club
- Schweriner SC , SC Riesa
- Personal best
- 74.08 m (1986)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jürgen
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- German Democratic Republic
- Place of birth
- Amt Neuhaus
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- 1988 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- German Democratic Republic
- Mass
- 110
- Image
- Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-0626-014, Jürgen Schult.jpg
- Height
- 193
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- Commons category
- Jürgen Schult
- date of birth
- 1960-05-11
- sports discipline competed in
- discus throw
- end of work period
- 2000-00-00
- start of work period
- 1979-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Updated on 16 June 2015
Jürgen Schult ( German pronunciation: [ˈjʏʁɡn̩ ˈʃʊlt] ; born 11 May 1960) is a German former track and field athlete and, from 1986 until 2024, the world record holder in the discus throw. Schult represented East Germany in the 1988 Olympic discus competition, where he won the gold medal.
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