Dietmar Haaf
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Born | 6 March 1967 Bad Cannstatt, West Germany | (age 54)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dietmar Haaf (born 6 March 1967 in Bad Cannstatt) is a former (West) German long jumper.
Career[]
He won the gold medal at the 1990 European Championships in Split in a personal best jump of 8.25 metres. The following year he won the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Seville. He finished fourth at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo.
His personal best jump of 8.25 metres ranks him seventh among German long jumpers, behind Lutz Dombrowski, Frank Paschek, Josef Schwarz, Henry Lauterbach, Marco Delonge and Konstantin Krause.[1][2]
Haaf retired in 1997.
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing West Germany | ||||
1986 | World Junior Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | 7.93 m (wind: +0.7 m/s) |
European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 10th | 7.48 m (wind: -1.1 m/s) | |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 26th (q) | 7.51 m |
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | 7.79 m |
1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | 5th | 7.96 m |
World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | 8.17 m | |
1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1st | 8.11 m |
European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 1st | 8.25 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) PB | |
Representing Germany | ||||
1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 8.15 m |
World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | 8.22 m | |
1992 | European Indoor Championships | Genoa, Italy | 13th | 7.69 m |
Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 14th (q) | 7.85 m | |
1994 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 1st | 8.15 m |
European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 23rd (q) | 7.55 m (wind: +0.3 m/s) |
Note: Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.
References[]
- ^ "„Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dietmar Haaf". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
External links[]
- Dietmar Haaf at World Athletics
- Dietmar Haaf at the International Olympic Committee
- Dietmar Haaf at Olympedia
- Profile at maik-richter.de
Categories:
- 1967 births
- Living people
- German male long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists
- World Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- World Athletics U20 Championships winners