Sebastian Bayer (born 11 June 1986 in
Aachen,
West Germany
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) is a German
long jump
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er best known for having history's second longest indoor long jump.
Biography
He won the silver medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships. He also competed at the
2006 European Championships and the
2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.
On 8 March 2009 at the
European Indoor Track and Field Championships in
Torino
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,
Italy
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, Bayer long jumped to win the gold medal. This is the second longest indoor long jump in history, behind
Carl Lewis
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’ world indoor record set on 27 January 1984 at the
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in
New York City, NY
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. Bayer's jump also bested the European indoor record, formerly held by
Yago Lamela from Spain, by . His result is the best by any German, as it is further than the German national outdoor record of set at the
1980 Summer Olympic games
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in
Moscow
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by
Lutz Dombrowski. Prior to this meet Bayer’s personal record was .
Millrose Decade by Decade - 1978-1987
Competition record
Personal bests
Key: ER = European record, NR = National record
Last updated 15 September 2010.
See also
*List of European records in athletics
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References
External links
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1986 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Aachen
German male long jumpers
German national athletics champions
Olympic athletes for Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
European Athletics Championships medalists