Bernhard Zintl (born June 16, 1965) is a retired male
pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the My ...
er from
Germany
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, who represented
West Germany
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during his career. He set his personal best (5.65 metres) on 26 August 1989 in the final of the
1989 Summer Universiade in
Duisburg
Duisburg () is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine and the Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruhr Region, Duisburg is the 5th largest city in No ...
, earning him a gold medal.
Achievements
References
trackfield.brinkster*
1965 births
Living people
German male pole vaulters
West German pole vaulters
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
Universiade gold medalists for West Germany
Medalists at the 1989 Summer Universiade
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