Doris Auer

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Doris Auer (born 10 May 1971) is an Austrian pole vaulter. Her personal best is 4.40 metres (outdoors), achieved in September 2000 in Runaway Bay. This was the Austrian record until 2014 when Kira Grünberg broke the record jumping 4.45. Indoors Auer's best is 4.44 metres, achieved in Glasgow 2001. In the same year the former world champion Yelena Isinbayeva recorded 4.45 indoors.

After 2001 Auer's performance stagnated. In 2002, she resigned from competitive sports but continued to practise pole vaulting as a respectable amateur. Remarkable are her achievements in combining the career as an athlete with university studies and a profession literally simultaneously. She holds a university degree in Sports Sciences and History and works as a high school teacher in Vienna, Austria.

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Austria
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 25th (h) 200m 24.95 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
10th (h) 4 × 100 m relay 46.59
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 4 × 100 m relay DNF
1997 World Indoor Championships
Paris, France
18th (q) Pole vault 3.70 m
Universiade Catania, Italy 3rd Pole vault 4.10 m
1998 European Championships
Budapest, Hungary
19th (q) Pole vault 4.00 m
1999 Universiade
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
6th Pole vault 4.00 m
2000 European Indoor Championships
Ghent, Belgium
Pole vault NM
Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
9th Pole vault 4.25 m
2001 World Championships
Edmonton, Canada
11th Pole vault 4.25 m
2002 European Indoor Championships
Vienna, Austria
19th (q) Pole vault 4.20 m

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