Willi Holdorf

In 1964 he won the first Olympic medal for Germany in decathlon and was named German Sportspersonality of the Year.He was trained as a high-voltage electrician, but later worked as a sporting goods representative and a coach, both in athletics and football.He coached Olympic pole vaulter Claus Schiprowski, Reinhard Kuretzky and Günther Nickel, and later managed German Bundesliga side SC Fortuna Köln in football, where he could not avoid relegation.[1][2][3] At the Bobsleigh European Championships 1973 he was runner up in the two men competition.This article about an athletics Olympic medalist for Germany is a stub.
Blomesche WildnisSchleswig-HolsteinPrussiaGermanyAchterwehrOlympic Games1964 TokyoDecathlonWest GermanGerman Sportspersonality of the YearGerman Olympic Committeefootballpole vaulterClaus SchiprowskiReinhard KuretzkyGünther NickelBundesligaSC Fortuna KölnBobsleigh European Championships 1973Dirk HoldorfGermany's Sports Hall of FameMallon, BillSports Reference LLCndr.deOlympediaOlympics.comGerhard HetzGerman Sportsman of the YearHans-Joachim KleinOlympic champions in the men's all-around, pentathlon and decathlonTom KielyJim ThorpeEero LehtonenHelge LøvlandHarold OsbornPaavo YrjöläJim BauschGlenn MorrisBob MathiasMilt CampbellRafer JohnsonBill ToomeyMykola AvilovBruce JennerDaley ThompsonChristian SchenkRobert ZmělíkDan O'BrienErki NoolRoman ŠebrleBryan ClayAshton EatonDamian WarnerMarkus Rooth