Raphael Holzdeppe
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Full name | Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | German | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kaiserslautern, West Germany | 28 September 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Pole vault | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | LAZ Zweibrücken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Andrei Tivontchik | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe (born 28 September 1989) is a German pole vaulter, who was world champion at his event. He lives in Zweibrücken in Germany and represents the sports club LAZ Zweibrücken.
Biography
Holzdeppe, who is of African origin, was adopted by a German couple shortly after his birth.[1] He was born in Kaiserslautern in Germany.
Holzdeppe finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and won the 2008 World Junior Championships. At the 2007 European Junior Championships, he notably got no result, having no-heighted in the qualifying round. He received the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, behind countryman Björn Otto and Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie.
His personal best jump is 5.94 metres, achieved on 26 July 2015 set in
Holzdeppe won his first senior world title at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow with a jump of 5.89 m.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing Germany | |||||
2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakech, Morocco
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– | NM | |
2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China
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5th | 5.30 m | |
2007 | European Junior Championships | Hengelo, Netherlands
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– | NM | |
2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland
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1st | 5.50 m | |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China
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7th | 5.60 m | ||
2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania
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1st | 5.65 m | |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain
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9th | 5.60 m | |
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic
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6th | 5.50 m | |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea
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20th (q) | 5.50 m | ||
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland
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3rd | 5.77 m | |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom
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3rd | 5.91 m | ||
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden
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8th | 5.61 m | |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia
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1st | 5.89 m | ||
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China
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2nd | 5.90 m | |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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26th (q) | 5.45 m | |
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia
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5th | 5.80 m | |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom
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5th (q) | 5.70 m1 | ||
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom
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5th | 5.80 m | |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany
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– | NM | ||
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar
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6th | 5.70 m |
1No mark in the final
See also
References
- ^ "Holzdeppe ist der neue deutsche Überflieger" (in German). 29 June 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "IAAF: Raphael HOLZDEPPE | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ^ "Raphael Holzdeppe stellt U20-Weltrekord ein". German Athletics Association (in German). 28 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
External links
- Raphael Holzdeppe at World Athletics
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Diamond League
- Raphael Holzdeppe at European Athletics (archive)
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Olympics.com
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Olympic.org (archived)
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Olympedia
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Raphael Holzdeppe at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)