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Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe (born 28 September 1989) is a German
His personal best jump is 5.94 metres, achieved on 26 July 2015 set in
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 M ...
er, who was world champion
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at his event. He lives in Zweibrücken
Zweibrücken (; french: Deux-Ponts, ; Palatinate German: ''Zweebrigge'', ; literally translated as "Two Bridges") is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the Schwarzbach river.
Name
The name ''Zweibrücken'' means 'two bridges'; old ...
in Germany and represents the sports club LAZ Zweibrücken Laz or LAZ may refer to:
People
* Laz people
The Laz people, or Lazi ( lzz, ლაზი ''Lazi''; ka, ლაზი, ''lazi''; or ჭანი, ''ch'ani''; tr, Laz), are an indigenous ethnic group who mainly live in Black Sea coastal regions ...
.
Biography
Holzdeppe, who is of African origin, was adopted by a German couple shortly after his birth. He was born inKaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern (; Palatinate German: ''Lautre'') is a city in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfu ...
in Germany.
Holzdeppe finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and won the 2008 World Junior Championships. At the 2007 European Junior Championships, he notably got no result, having no-heighted in the qualifying round. He received the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, th ...
in London, behind countryman Björn Otto
Björn Otto (born 16 October 1977) is a retired German pole vaulter.
On 30 January 2013 in Cottbus, Germany, with the mark of 5.90 m, he set the masters world record M35.
Biography
His personal best is a jump of 6.01 metres, achieved on 5 Sep ...
and Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie
Renaud Lavillenie ( or ; born 18 September 1986) is a French pole vaulter.
Lavillenie won the gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London and the silver medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. In addition to his Olympic success, he has won three Wor ...
.
His personal best jump is 5.94 metres, achieved on 26 July 2015 set in Nuremberg
Nuremberg ( ; german: link=no, Nürnberg ; in the local East Franconian dialect: ''Nämberch'' ) is the second-largest city of the German state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 518,370 (2019) inhabitants make it the 14th-largest ...
. A previous personal best was 5.80 metres, achieved in June 2008, setting the world junior record. He holds the world junior indoor record with 5.68 metres, achieved in March 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt
Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the German state of Saxony-An ...
. As a result of this feat, he won the 2008 European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award.
Meanwhile, he finished his Abitur
''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen ye ...
in the lyceum of ''Helmholtz'' in Zweibrücken.
Holzdeppe won his first senior world title at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics
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in Moscow
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with a jump of 5.89 m.
Competition record
1No mark in the finalSee also
* Germany all-time top lists – Pole vaultReferences
External links
* * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Holzdeppe, Raphael 1989 births Living people German male pole vaulters Olympic athletes of Germany Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Germany European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Kaiserslautern European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners World Athletics Championships winners Sportspeople from Rhineland-Palatinate