Claus Schiprowski (born 27 December 1942 in
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen (, , ; wep, Gelsenkiärken) is the 25th most populous city of Germany and the 11th most populous in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia with 262,528 (2016) inhabitants. On the Emscher River (a tributary of the Rhine), it lies ...
) is a
West German
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Olympic silver medalist who competed mainly in the
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 Myc ...
.
He won his silver medal at the
Mexico City
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1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in the pole vault event.
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Leverkusen who's who*
1942 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Gelsenkirchen
German male pole vaulters
West German pole vaulters
Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes for West Germany
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field)
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