Dr. Georg Werthner (born 7 April 1956) is an Austrian decathlete. He is notable for being the first athlete to finish four Olympic decathlons. In the 1988 Summer Olympics, Daley Thompson crossed the finish-line a little more than 18 seconds after him to become the second athlete to do this.
Born in Linz, Werthner was the Austrian national champion in the decathlon 8 times (1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1988), along with being individual event champion in long jump (1977), triple jump (1977, 1979, 1980, and 1982), javelin throw (1979-1981, 1983, 1984, and 1988). Running with his ULC Linz club, he was a member of their 1980 and 1981 winning 4 × 100 metres relay team, and their 1980 4 × 400 metres relay team. He is now part of their hall of fame, still holding club records for high jump, pole vault, javelin throw, pentathlon and decathlon. He switched to the Zehnkampf-Union decathlon club in 1984.
Werthner is still active in Masters athletics and has won numerous World Masters Athletics Championships.
Achievements YearTournamentVenueResultDistance1975UniversiadeRome, Italy 5thDecathlon1976Olympic GamesMontreal, Canada 16thDecathlon1979UniversiadeMexico City, Mexico 6thDecathlon1980Olympic GamesMoscow, Soviet Union 4thDecathlon1981UniversiadeBucharest, Romania 3rdDecathlon1982European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 5thDecathlon1983UniversiadeEdmonton, Canada 3rdDecathlon1984Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States 9thDecathlon1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Korea 21stDecathlon
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