Oleg Zernikel
Personal information | |
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Born | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 16 April 1995
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | Pole vault |
Club | ASV Landau |
Coached by | Jochen Wetter Andrei Tivontchik |
Oleg Zernikel (born 16 April 1995 in Almaty, Kazakhstan) is a German athlete specialising in the pole vault.[1] He represented his country at the 2021 European Indoor Championships finishing fourth. Earlier he won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Junior Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 5.60 metres outdoors (Hechingen 2020) and 5.72 metres indoors (Berlin 2021).
At the age of eleven, Zernikel came with his family from Kazakhstan to Landau in the Palatinate.[2] His father was a long and high jumper.[3]
International competitions[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | ||||
2011 | World Youth Championships | Lille, France | 4th | 4.80 m |
2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 6th | 5.15 m |
2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 3rd | 5.50 m |
2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 5.40 m |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 4th | 5.70 m |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 9th | 5.70 m |
References[]
- ^ Oleg Zernikel at World Athletics
- ^ "Oleg Zernikel und der harte Weg vom Talent zum gereiften Athleten". www.leichtathletik.de (in German). 12 February 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ Riegger, Nadja (12 February 2021). "Hohe Ziele – nicht nur im Studium". www.leichtathletik.de (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
Categories:
- 1995 births
- Living people
- German male pole vaulters
- Sportspeople from Almaty
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Germany
- German athletics biography stubs