Oleg Zernikel (born 16 April 1995 in

Almaty Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the List of most populous cities in Kazakhstan, largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to ...

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) is a German athlete specialising in the pole vault. He represented his country at the 2021 European Indoor Championships finishing fourth. Earlier he won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships. His personal bests in the event are 5.80 metres outdoors (Braunschweig 2021) and 5.81 metres indoors (Berlin 2022). At the age of eleven, Zernikel came with his family from Kazakhstan to Landau in the Palatinate. His father was a long and high jumper.

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1995 births Living people Athletes from Almaty German male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany German people of Kazakhstani descent Kazakhstani emigrants to Germany {{Germany-athletics-bio-stub