Career
He represented South Carolina Magdeburg in former East Germany. This places him fourth on the all-time performers list. This is also the current German record.
Hecht set five German records in total (note that East German Uwe Hohn threw 10480 metres with the old javelin design).
1986 - 71.08
1987 - 75.90
1990 - 83.24
1991 - 81.92
1992 - 79.58
1993 - 88.90
1994 - 90.06
1995 - 92.60
1996 - 92.28
1997 - 87.32
1998 - 88.08
1999 - 88.67
2000 - 87.76
2001 - 88.88
2002 - 87.87
2003 - 86.22
2004 - 82.85
2005 - 77.20
2006 - 73.94.