Torben Blech (born 12 February 1995) is a German

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 and former

decathlete The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word "decathlon" was formed, in analogy to the word "pentathlon", from Greek δέκα (''déka'', meaning "ten") and ἄθλος (''áthlos'', or ἄθ ...

. He won a silver medal at the

2019 Summer Universiade ) , Nations participating = 118 , Athletes participating = 5,971 , Events = 220 , Sports = 18 , Opening ceremony = 3 July , Closing ceremony = 14 July , Officially opened by = President Se ...

. His personal bests in the pole vault are 5.80 metres outdoors (Leverkusen 2019) and 5.86 metres indoors (Düsseldorf 2021).

International competitions

References

1995 births Living people German male pole vaulters German decathletes FISU World University Games silver medalists for Germany Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany {{Germany-polevault-bio-stub