Wolfgang Knabe is a retired West German

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 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...

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He finished eighth at the 1981 European Indoor Championships

1981 European Indoor Championships in Athletics

The 12th European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in Grenoble, a city in France, in 1981. It was the second time the championships were held in Grenoble.-Track:-Field:-Medal table:-External links:* at GBRathletics.com* at GBRathletics.com...

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His personal best jump was 17.12 metres, achieved in September 1988 in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

. This result places him ninth 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...

 and Jörg Elbe.

He became West German champion in 1988, representing the sports club TV Wattenscheid.