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walde -lrb- right -rrb- at the 1964 olympics friedel schirmer decathlon 18 april 2013 -lrb- aged 70 -rrb- jever , niedersachsen , germany universitätssportclub mainz szklary górne , dolnośląskie , poland 8094 -lrb- 1968 -rrb- athletics 28 june 1942 rein aun , willi holdorf , hans-joachim walde 1964b.jpg hans-joachim walde
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hans-joachim walde

hans-joachim walde -lrb- 28 june 1942 -- 18 april 2013 -rrb- was a west german track and field athlete .
he competed in the decathlon at the 1964 , 1968 and 1972 olympics and won a bronze medal in 1964 and a silver in 1968 .
walde won national decathlon titles in 1964 and 1969 , and set a world record the heptathlon in 1970 .
for several years he was the athlete 's speaker of the german national team .
after retiring from competitions walde became an orthopedic surgeon .
he first specialized in general traumas , but then switched to sports medicine , in particular to shoulder surgery .
he was a member of the german shoulder and elbow society -lrb- dvsw -rrb- and director of sports medicine at northwest hospital in frisian sanderbusch , lower saxony .
his son hendrik also competed in decathlon .
