Stefan Drews set his decathlon personal best of 8233 points in Ratingen 2006 and finished seventh at the European Championships in Göteborg that summer. The German decathlete also competed at the Athens 2004 Olympics and won the national indoor heptathlon title with 6029 points in Frankfurt-Kalbach 2001. His strongest individual events included the pole vault, with a personal best of 5.55 m, and the 400 m, at 47.08 seconds.
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Date of birth: 12 February 1979 Place of birth: Hamburg, Germany Height: 189 cm / Weight: 85 kg Decathlon: 8233 Ratingen 2006 Heptathlon: 6029 Frankfurt-Kalbach 2001 Coach: Axel Berndt View Stefan Drews' full career
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