Career
Drehmel first tried his hand at the javelin throw and the decathlon before switching to the triple jump in 1966. He competed for ASK Group (a software company) Vorwärts Potsdam and trained under Heinz Rieger. At the end of his career in 1977 Drehmel became a youth coach for long and triple jump athletes.
At the demise of the German Democratic Republic he lost this position, and later joined the state sports association in the state of Brandenburg.
At present he is the honorary jumping coach at South Carolina Potsdam. He resides in Stahnsdorf near Potsdam.
