Torsten Voss
Torsten Voss (1982)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place1988 SeoulDecathlon
World Championships
Gold medal – first place1987 RomeDecathlon
Men's bobsleigh
Representing  Germany
World Championships
Silver medal – second place1997 St. MoritzFour-man
Bronze medal – third place1995 WinterbergFour-man
Bronze medal – third place1996 CalgaryFour-man

Torsten Voss (sometimes listed as Thorsten Voss; German pronunciation: [ˈtɔʁstn̩ ˈfɔs] ⓘ; born 24 March 1963 in Güstrow, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a former East German track and field athlete and bobsledder who competed from the late 1980s to the late 1990s.

Torsten Voss (1984)

His biggest success was when he won the world title in the decathlon at the 1987 World Championships in Rome as a representative for East Germany. He achieved a personal best score of 8680 points and was chosen as the East German sportsman of the year. In 1988 in the Seoul Summer Olympic Games he won the silver medal behind fellow East German, Christian Schenk.[1] His personal best of 8680 points ranks him sixth among German decathletes, behind Leo Neugebauer, Jürgen Hingsen, Uwe Freimuth, Siegfried Wentz and Frank Busemann.

In 1994 Voss switched to bobsleigh and was a pusher for Harald Czudaj and Wolfgang Hoppe. He won three medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with one silver (1997 with Dirk Wiese) and two bronzes (1995 with Czudaj, 1996 with Hoppe). Voss also finished eighth in the four-man event at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.

As a track and field athlete he was 1.86 meters tall and weighed 88 kilograms.

Other results in decathlon

  • 1981 Junior-European championship: 2nd place
  • 1982 Junior-World record: 8387 Points; East German champion
  • 1983 World championship in Helsinki; East German champion
  • 1987 East German champion
  • 1990 East German champion
  • 1993 (after a break for injury) Second place in the German championship (8037 points)

References

  • "Bobsleigh four-man world championship medalists since 1930". Sports123.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2007.
  • "1998 bobsleigh four-man results". Shinmai.co.jp.
  • ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Torsten Voss". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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