Nicole Humbert, née Rieger (born 5 February 1972 in
Landau
Landau ( pfl, Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz, is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990 ...
) is a retired
German
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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 ...
er.
Her personal best is 4.51 metres, achieved in July 2001 in
Salamanca
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. This ranks her seventh among German pole vaulters, behind
Annika Becker
Annika Becker (born 12 November 1981) is a retired German pole vaulter.
Becker was born in Rotenburg an der Fulda. Her personal best is 4.77 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Wattenscheid
Wattenscheid () is a Stadtbezirk of the city of Boc ...
,
Yvonne Buschbaum,
Carolin Hingst
Carolin Tamara Hingst (born 18 September 1980 in Donauwörth) is a German pole vaulter.
She finished 10th at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, fourth at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships
The 2005 European Athletics Indoor ...
,
Anastasija Reiberger
Anastasija Reiberger, née Ryzhikh (born 19 September 1977 in Omsk) is a Russian-born German pole vaulter. She is the older sister of fellow pole vaulter Lisa Ryzih. Her greatest success was the gold medal in the 1999 World Indoor Championship ...
,
Silke Spiegelburg and
Julia Hütter. However, with 4.56 metres Humbert has a better personal best indoor.
Achievements
References
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1972 births
Living people
German female pole vaulters
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Germany
European Athletics Championships medalists
People from Landau
Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate
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