Richard Spiegelburg (born 12 August 1977 in
Georgsmarienhütte,
Lower Saxony) is a German
pole vaulter. He is the older brother of
Silke Spiegelburg
Silke Spiegelburg (born 17 March 1986 in Georgsmarienhütte, Lower Saxony) is a German pole vaulter. She is the younger sister of Richard Spiegelburg. She represented Germany at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012, as well as having compe ...
.
Biography
He won the
1999 Summer Universiade
The 1999 Summer Universiade, also known as the XX Summer Universiade, took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Venues
* Estadi Son Moix — athletics, football, ceremonies
* Arena Son Moix — volleyball
* Pavelló Son Hugo — swimming, diving, ...
and finished fourth at the
2000 European Indoor Athletics Championships. He then finished sixth at the
2001 World Championships in Edmonton and eighth at the
2002 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Vienna.
After failing to progress from the qualifying round at the
2002 European Championships he fell out of the international spotlight for some years, but returned in 2005 with a fourth place at the
Universiade. In 2006 he finished thirteenth at the
2006 European Championships in Gothenburg.
His personal best jump is 5.85 metres, achieved in June 2001 in
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
. This ranks him eighth among German pole vaulters.
Competition record
See also
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Germany all-time top lists - Pole vault
References
External links
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1977 births
Living people
People from Georgsmarienhütte
Athletes from Lower Saxony
German male pole vaulters
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
FISU World University Games gold medalists for Germany
Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade