Falk Henning Wendrich (born 12 June 1995) is a German

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er. Wendrich won a silver medal at the

at the

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition for athletes qualifying as juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, on 10–15 ...

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. and finished fifth at the 2014 edition. He won gold at the 2017 Summer Universiade, clearing a new personal best 2.29 meters. In 2019, he won the bronze medal in the team event at the

2019 European Games , translation: Time for bright victories! , nations participating = 50 , athletes participating = 4,082 , events = 200 in 15 sports , opening ceremony = 21 June , closing ceremony = 30 June , officially opened ...

held in Minsk, Belarus.

References

1995 births Living people German male high jumpers Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade gold medalists for Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in athletics European Games bronze medalists for Germany Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade {{Germany-highjump-bio-stub