Wilbert Bernard Roger Pennings (born 23 February 1975 in

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) is a Dutch high jumper. He is a thirteen-time Dutch champion and holds the national indoor and outdoor records. Pennings became Dutch high jump champion for the first time in 1995, jumping over 2.17 metres. In 1999 he improved the Dutch national outdoor record to 2.30 and finished tenth at the 1999 World Championships. In 2000 he represented the Netherlands in the

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, where he did not qualify for the final, jumping over 2.20. In February 2002 in

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, Wilbert Pennings improved the Dutch national indoor record to 2.31 and became seventh at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, one month later. During the outdoor season he finished thirteenth at the 2002 European Championships. Due to injuries he was unable to compete in the

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, but finished twelfth at the 2006 European Championships. Pennings, who is an

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graduate, works for the

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and is a member of the

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top-sport program.

Competition record

Honours

: Dutch National Championships, high jump, 2007,

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References

*Bijkerk, T. (2004) ''Olympisch Oranje''. De Vrieseborch * 1975 births Living people Dutch male high jumpers Olympic athletes of the Netherlands Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for the Netherlands Sportspeople from Alphen aan den Rijn 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-athletics-bio-stub