Jeff Hartwig
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Men’s athletics
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Representing the United States | ||
World Indoor Championships
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Maebashi 1999 | Pole vault |
Jeff Hartwig (born September 25, 1967 in
.Biography
In 1998, Hartwig set two North American records with 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) and 6.01 m (19 ft 8+1⁄2 in). The latter was an improvement of 16 centimetres from his personal best of 5.85 m (19 ft 2+1⁄4 in) from 1997. In 1999, he won US national championships by improving his
With 5.86 m (19 ft 2+1⁄2 in) on 4 July 2004, Hartwig holds the world's best performance for men over 35 years. He also has the world's best performance for men over 40 years at 5.70 m (18 ft 8+1⁄4 in), achieved while placing second at the U.S. Olympic Trials, 29 June 2008.
Hartwig has received the Jim Thorpe Award as the best American field events athlete in 1998 and 1999.[1]
Jeff vaulted at
Aside from vaulting Hartwig also had another passion, reptiles. For over 15 years Jeff has been raising reptiles - mostly boas and pythons, but also tortoises, monitors, iguanas, and caimans. Jeff's first snake was a Burmese python named "Fore", which was given to him by fellow Pole Vaulter Lane Lohr. It was 1992 when Jeff decided to give breeding a shot and was very successful in producing 23 baby pythons.
Hartwig raises the snakes to sell to pet stores. Jeff has been known to have more than 100 snakes on the premises. None of the snakes that Jeff raises are venomous. In his freetime, Jeff also enjoys visiting zoos and giving presentations to local schools in his former hometown of Jonesboro, Arkansas. Jeff's coach Earl Bell has referred to him as a ‘modern-day Tarzan’.
Hartwig holds the current Masters Track and Field American Records in the M35 and M40 Pole Vault. [2]
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing the United States | ||||
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 12th | |
1998 | Goodwill Games | Uniondale, United States | 1st | 6.01 m AR, =CR |
1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi , Japan
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2nd | |
2002 | World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | |
IAAF Grand Prix Final | Paris, France
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1st | ||
2003 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 4th | |
2004 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 6th |
Rankings
Hartwig has steadily climbed the
Year | Event | World ranking | US ranking |
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1995 | Pole vault | - | 9th |
1996 | Pole vault | - | 4th |
1997 | Pole vault | - | 5th |
1998 | Pole vault | 2nd | 1st |
1999 | Pole vault | 2nd | 1st |
2000 | Pole vault | 3rd | 2nd |
2001 | Pole vault | 2nd | 1st |
2002 | Pole vault | 1st | 1st |
Video Links
References
- ^ USATF – Awards – Jim Thorpe Award Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Masters Track & Field American Records. [1] Retrieved Dec 27, 2020
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
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