Jörg Friess is a retired East German triple jump

Triple jump

The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

er, who finished fourth at the 1990 European Championships

1990 European Championships in Athletics

The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, a city in Croatia .It was the last participation of East Germany ....

 with a career best jump of 17.01 metres.

This result places him tenth on the German all-time performers list, behind Ralf Jaros

Ralf Jaros

Ralf Jaros is a former German triple jumper. With a height of 1.93 m , he had a competition weight of 85 kg . On 30 June 1991, in the European Cup, Ralf Jaros set a German triple jump record of 17.66 meters while defeating the nearest competitor by nearly 72 cm...

, Charles Friedek

Charles Friedek

Charles Michael Friedek is a German triple jumper who became world champion in 1999 with a jump of 17.59 metres. He had already won the World Indoor Championships the same year, with an indoor PB of 17.18 metres....

, Volker Mai

Volker Mai

Volker Mai is a triple jumper who represented East Germany. Representing SC Neubrandenburg, he holds the current world junior record with 17.50 metres, achieved on 23 June 1985 in Erfurt. -Achievements:-References:...

, Dirk Gamlin, Peter Bouschen

Peter Bouschen

Peter Bouschen is a retired West German triple jumper.His personal best jump was 17.43 metres, achieved in June 1988 in Düsseldorf. This result places him fifth on the German all-time list, behind Ralf Jaros, Charles Friedek, Volker Mai and Dirk Gamlin.He became West German champion in 1981, 1983,...

, Wolfgang Zinser

Wolfgang Zinser

Wolfgang Zinser is a retired West German triple jumper.He finished twelfth at the 1988 European Indoor Championships....

, Jörg Drehmel

Jörg Drehmel

Jörg Drehmel was an East German athlete, who, competing for the GDR, won the silver medal in the triple jump in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany...

, Jörg Elbe and Wolfgang Knabe

Wolfgang Knabe

Wolfgang Knabe is a retired West German triple jumper.He finished eighth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships.His personal best jump was 17.12 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Düsseldorf...

. Friess had a better indoor result with 17.31 metres, achieved in February 1991 in Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

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Friess became East German champion in 1987 and 1990 for the team SC Dynamo Berlin

SC Dynamo Berlin

The Sports Club Dynamo Berlin was an East German sports club that existed from 1954 to 1991. It was a training center for the Sports Club Dynamo .-Sporting spectrum:...

, and won a national silver medal in reunified Germany in 1991 for OSC Berlin.

Achievements

Representing
1990	European Championships 1990 European Championships in Athletics The 15th European Athletics Championships were held from 26 August to 2 September 1990 in Split, a city in Croatia .It was the last participation of East Germany ....	Split Split (city) Split is a Mediterranean city on the eastern shores of the Adriatic Sea, centered around the ancient Roman Palace of the Emperor Diocletian and its wide port bay. With a population of 178,192 citizens, and a metropolitan area numbering up to 467,899, Split is by far the largest Dalmatian city and... , Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....	4th	Triple jump	17.01 m 1990 European Championships in Athletics - Men's Triple Jump The final of the Men's Triple Jump event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia was held on 31 August 1990. There were a total number of sixteen participating athletes.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:*All results shown are in metres...