Jochen Pollex

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameJoachim "Jochen"•Pollex
Used nameJochen•Pollex
Born6 June 1947 in Wismar, Mecklenburg-VorpommernGER
Measurements186 cm / 84 kg
AffiliationsBayer 04 Leverkusen — Leverkusen, Nordrhein-WestfalenGER
NOCWest GermanyFRG

Biography

Shooting guard Jochen Pollex was on the West German basketball team at the 1972 München Olympics. The team lost both the classification match for places 9-12 against Australia by only one point (70-69), and also lost the 11th place match by one point against Spain (84-83). He earned 136 international caps. Domestically, Pollex played with TSV Hagen 1860 (1966-67), SSV Hagen (1967-69 and 1972-76, West German champion in 1974), and TuS 04 Leverkusen (1969-72, West German champion from 1970–1972, and West German cup winner in 1970 and 1971). Pollex later started a coaching career in Hagen.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1972 Summer Olympics Basketball (Basketball) FRG Jochen Pollex
Basketball, Men (Olympic) West Germany 12