Josef Schwarz (born May 20, 1941 in Strabowitz, Sudetenland

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, Germany

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; today Třebovice, Czech Republic

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) is a retired German long jump

Long jump

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er. He represented West Germany

West Germany

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 at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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 in Munich

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. Schwarz set the world's best year performance in the men's long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

 in the year 1970: 8.35 metres (personal best); this also was the world record at low altitude, until 1975. He also had winning performances in 1970 at the European Cup

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 in Sarajevo

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and the West German Championships.