Jörg Drehmel (born 3 May 1945) is a retired East German triple jumper who won a silver medal at the 1972 Olympics.

[2] Drehmel first tried his hand at the javelin throw and the decathlon before switching to the triple jump in 1966.

His first big success came with a win at the European Cup in 1970, where he was the first German jumper to set a record with the first-ever jump over 17 meters.

His jump of 17.16 meters to win the European Championship in 1971 did not qualify as a record due to excessive tail wind.

At the end of his career in 1977 he became a youth coach for long and triple jump athletes.