Richard Spiegelburg

German pole vaulter

Richard Spiegelburg
Richard Spiegelburg, 2007

Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Germany
Universiade
|  1999 Palma de Mallorca | Pole Vault

Richard Spiegelburg (born 12 August 1977 in Georgsmarienhütte, Lower Saxony) is a German pole vaulter. He is the older brother of Silke Spiegelburg.

## Biography[edit]

He won the 1999 Summer Universiade and finished fourth at the 2000 European Indoor Athletics Championships. He then finished sixth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton and eighth at the 2002 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Vienna.

After failing to progress from the qualifying round at the 2002 European Championships he fell out of the international spotlight for some years, but returned in 2005 with a fourth place at the Universiade. In 2006 he finished thirteenth at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg.

His personal best jump is 5.85 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Stuttgart. This ranks him eighth among German pole vaulters.[1]

## Competition record[edit]

Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes

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Representing  Germany
1999  | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 1st  | 5.60 m
European U23 Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 4th  | 5.60 m
2000  | European Indoor Championships | Ghent, Belgium | 4th  | 5.60 m
2001  | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 6th  | 5.75 m
Universiade | Beijing, China | –  | NM
2002  | European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 8th  | 5.40 m
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 13th (q)  | 5.45 m
2003  | World Championships | Paris, France | –  | NM
2005  | Universiade | Izmir, Turkey | 4th  | 5.60 m
2006  | European Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 13th  | 5.40 m

## See also[edit]

* Germany all-time top lists - Pole vault

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 4, 2007. Retrieved April 4, 2010.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

## External links[edit]

* Richard Spiegelburg at World Athletics

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Summer Universiade champions in men's pole vault

* 1959: Noriaki Yasuda (JPN)
* 1961: Dimitar Khlebarov (BUL)
* 1963: Hennadiy Bleznitsov (URS)
* 1965: John Pennel (USA)
* 1967: Heinfried Engel (FRG)
* 1970: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)
* 1973–1975: François Tracanelli (FRA)
* 1977–1979: Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)
* 1981–1983: Konstantin Volkov (URS)
* 1985: Radion Gataullin (URS)
* 1987: Viktor Spasov (URS)
* 1989: Bernhard Zintl (FRG)
* 1991–1995: István Bagyula (HUN)
* 1997: Khalid Lachheb (FRA)
* 1999: Richard Spiegelburg (GER)
* 2001: Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)
* 2003: Oleksandr Korchmid (UKR)
* 2005: Björn Otto (GER)
* 2007: Alexander Straub (GER)
* 2009: Aleksandr Gripich (RUS)
* 2011: Łukasz Michalski (POL)
* 2013: Sam Kendricks (USA)
* 2015: Nikita Filippov (KAZ)
* 2017: Diogo Ferreira (POR)
* 2019: Ernest Obiena (PHI)
* 2021: Urho Kujanpää (FIN)

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