Charles Michael Friedek (born 26 August 1971 in

Gießen Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 univers ...

) is a German

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er who became world champion in

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with a jump of 17.59 metres. He had already won the World Indoor Championships the same year, with an indoor PB of 17.18 metres. In 2002, he won a silver medal at the

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with 17.33 metres. At the European Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal in

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and gold in

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Competition record

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* 1971 births Living people Sportspeople from Giessen German male triple jumpers German national athletics champions Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships medalists European Athletics Championships medalists Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade silver medalists for Germany World Athletics Indoor Championships winners World Athletics Championships winners Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade {{Germany-triplejump-bio-stub