Carlo Thränhardt (, ; born 5 July 1957) is a retired German

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er. He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the

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on three occasions between 1984 and 1988. His best mark of 2.42 meters ranks him second on the indoor all-time list one-centimetre behind world record holder

Javier Sotomayor Javier Sotomayor Sanabria (; born October 13, 1967) is a Cuban retired track and field athlete, who specialized in the high jump and is the current world record holder. The 1992 Olympic champion, he was the dominant high jumper of the 1990s; ...

of Cuba. The only superior outdoor performances are Sotomayor's world record of 2.45, and Mutaz Essa Barshim's clearance of 2.43 in 2014. Like all modern high jumpers, Thränhardt used the Fosbury Flop style, but of the 16 men in history to have cleared 2.40 meters (7 ft 10 1/2in) or higher, he was only the second to do so jumping off his right leg. The first was Igor Paklin. At the

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, he won a gold medal in 1983 and four silver medals (1981,84, 86,87). Outdoors, his best championship result was winning a bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships. He also reached the Olympic finals in 1984 and 1988. He holds the world record in the Masters 55 age group. He set this world record on 24 August 2013 in Eberstadt with 1,90 m. This was an improvement on his former world record with 1,88 m also set in 2013.

Career

Thränhardt was born in Bad Lauchstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. He achieved his personal best performance in outdoor competitions with 2.37 m on 2 September 1984 in

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. This result is also the German outdoor record. Thränhardt was particularly well known for his prowess during the indoor track & field seasons. He set a total of three world indoor records. His first record jump was recorded on February 24, 1984, in the Schöneberger sports hall during which he achieved a mark of 2.37m. On January 16, 1987 in Simmerath, Germany he became the first man to clear 2.40 m indoors. This mark bested his countryman Dietmar Mögenburg's record of 2.39 m set in Cologne, Germany (1985). On February 26, 1988 he set his last world indoor record of 2.42 m in the Schöneberger sports hall. By this time, the requirement for a roofless arena had recently been stricken from the world record (commonly known as "world outdoor record") rules, so this mark was also recognised as equalling

Patrik Sjöberg Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg (; born 5 January 1965) is a Swedish former high jumper. He broke the world record with in Stockholm on 30 June 1987. This mark is still the European record and ranks him third on the world all-time list behind Javi ...

's world record. It remained a world record until September 1988, when it was beaten by

(2.43 m), and a world indoor record until March 1989, when Sotomayor repeated this performance indoors. In 1990, roofs were again banned for world records, and Thränhardt's 2.42 m was retroactively removed from all official outdoor record and performance lists. Although roofs have once again been allowed (from 1998), this record (which would still be a European record shared with Sjöberg, as well as the German record) has not been retroactively reinstated. The second highest jump ever indoors, it remains the European indoor record. Jumping as a masters athlete, Thränhardt set the M55 World Record at 1.87m at the Flopfest meet in Eberstadt, Germany. Carlo Thränhardt was firstly a member of

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, later moving to LG Bayer Leverkusen. He had a match weight of 86 kg and was 1.99 m tall. In 2004 he participated in the RTL version of '' I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!''.

National titles

West German Athletics Championships The West German Athletics Championships (german: Deutsche Leichtathletik-Meisterschaften) was an annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the German Athletics Association, which served as the West German national championships for th ...

**High jump: 1986 * West German Indoor Athletics Championships **High jump: 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 * German Indoor Athletics Championships **High jump: 1991

International competitions

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thranhardt, Carlo 1957 births Living people People from Saalekreis West German male high jumpers German male high jumpers German masters athletes Olympic athletes of West Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for West Germany European Athletics Championships medalists World record setters in athletics (track and field) World record holders in masters athletics ASV Köln athletes LG Bayer Leverkusen athletes Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! participants Sportspeople from Saxony-Anhalt