{{Short description|German decathlete (born 1960)}} {{use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Siegfried Wentz | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|3|7|df=y}} | birth_place = {{ill|Röthenbach bei St. Wolfgang|de}} | death_date = | death_place = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|{{FRG}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalBronze|1984 Los Angeles|Decathlon}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|1987 Rome|Decathlon}} {{MedalBronze|1983 Helsinki|Decathlon}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze|1986 Stuttgart|Decathlon}} {{MedalCompetition|Universiade}} {{MedalGold|1987 Zagreb|Decathlon}} }}
'''Siegfried "Siggi" Wentz''' ({{IPA|de|ˈzɪɡi vɛnt͡s|-|De-Siggi Wentz.ogg}}; born 7 March 1960) is a German former track and field athlete who competed in the decathlon. He is the 1984 Olympic bronze medallist, and a two-time World Championship medallist.
==Career== Wentz was born in Rothenbach. In the 1980s and until 1990 he represented West Germany and belonged to the world elite in the decathlon. His most notable result was winning the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. At that event he scored 8412 points, his results for each of the events were 10.99s - 7.11m - 15.87m - 2.09m - 47.78s - 14.35s - 46.60m - 4.50m - 67.68m - 4:33.96 min.
His personal best result of 8762 points in Filderstadt-Bernhausen on 5 June 1983, placed him third on the world all-time list at that time behind Jürgen Hingsen and Daley Thompson, and still ranks him 14th on the all-time list (as of 2018). It ranks him third among German decathletes, only behind Hingsen and Uwe Freimuth.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |title="Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik |trans-title="Eternal" list of the best in German athletics |website=leichtathletik.de |language=de |publisher=Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704081712/http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf |archive-date=4 July 2007}}</ref>
After his career in sports, Wentz became a doctor, eventually rising to chief doctor at the Schlüsselbad clinic in Bad Peterstal (Black Forest).
==International competitions== {| {{AchievementTable}} |- |1982 |European Championships |Athens, Greece |20th |7284 pts |- |1983 |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |8478 pts |- |1984 |Olympic Games<ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Siggi Wentz |quote=Full name: Siegfried Wentz}}</ref> |Los Angeles, United States |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |8412 pts |- |1986 |European Championships |Stuttgart, Germany |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |8676 pts |- |rowspan=2|1987 |Universiade |Zagreb, Yugoslavia |bgcolor=gold|1st |8348 pts |- |World Championship |Rome. Italy |bgcolor=silver|2nd |8461 pts |- |1990 |European Championships |Split, Yugoslavia |12th |7810 pts |}
Wentz represented USC Mainz sports club. During his active sport career he was 1.93 meters tall and weighed 93 kilograms.
==Publications== *Altmaier, Doris; Wentz, Siegfried: ''Ernährung mit Spaß - Bewegung mit Maß'' (Nutrition with Fun - Movement with Measure), 2004, Fitness Advisor
==See also== * Men's heptathlon world record progression
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Athletics||Siegfried Wentz}} * {{Olympics.com profile|siegfried-wentz|Siegfried Wentz}} * {{Olympedia|70588|Siggi Wentz}}
{{Footer Universiade Champions Decathlon Men}} {{s-start}} {{s-ach|rec}} {{succession box|before={{flagicon|URS}} Aleksandr Nevskiy|title=Men's heptathlon world record holder|years=20 February 1982 – 12 February 1989|after={{flagicon|FRA}} Christian Plaziat}} {{s-end}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wentz, Siegfried}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:West German decathletes Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for West Germany Category:World Athletics Championships medalists Category:European Athletics Championships medalists Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic bronze medalists for West Germany Category:Olympic bronze medalists in athletics Category:Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for West Germany Category:Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Category:People from Roth (district) Category:Athletes from Middle Franconia Category:People from Ostalbkreis Category:Athletes from Stuttgart (region) Category:West German Athletics Championships winners