Frank Busemann

Frank Busemann
	Busemann in 2015
Personal information
Born	26 February 1975 (age 49); Recklinghausen, West Germany
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Junior Championships
European U23 Championships

Frank Busemann (German pronunciation: [fʁaŋk ˈbuːzəˌman] ^ⓘ; born 26 February 1975 in Recklinghausen) is a former German decathlete. He currently works as a pundit for athletics coverage by German TV channel Das Erste.

Busemann started his career as a 110 m hurdler and was junior world champion in this discipline in 1994. After his surprising decathlon silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics with his personal best of 8706 points he became one of Germany's most popular sportsmen. He also was named German Sportsman of the Year. At the World Championships of the following year Busemann came third.

After these successes Busemann confronted severe injuries from which he only recovered partly. He made a comeback at the 2000 Olympics where he finished in seventh place. In 2003, at the age of just 28, he retired because of his deteriorating physical condition. His personal best of 8706 points ranks him fifth among German decathletes, behind Leo Neugebauer, Jürgen Hingsen, Uwe Freimuth and Siegfried Wentz.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Germany
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	1st	110m hurdles	13.47 w (wind: +2.1 m/s)
1994	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	6th	4×100m relay	40.45
1996	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	5th	Decathlon	8238 pts
1996	Olympic Games^[2]	Atlanta, United States	2nd	Decathlon	8706 pts
1997	European U23 Championships	Turku, Finland	1st	110m hurdles	13.54 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd	Decathlon	8652 pts
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	—	Decathlon	DNF
2000	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	6th	Decathlon	8531 pts
2000	Olympic Games^[2]	Sydney, Australia	7th	Decathlon	8351 pts

References

^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Frank Busemann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.