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.
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Full name | Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | German | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 32) Kaiserslautern, West Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | LAZ Zweibrücken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Andrei Tivontchik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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 Nuremberg.[2] A previous personal best was 5.80 metres, achieved in June 2008, setting the world junior record.[3] He holds the world junior indoor record with 5.68 metres, achieved in March 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. As a result of this feat, he won the 2008 European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award. Meanwhile, he finished his Abitur in the lyceum of Helmholtz in Zweibrücken.
Holzdeppe won his first senior world title at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow with a jump of 5.89 m.
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakech, Morocco | – | NM | |
2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 5th | 5.30 m | |
2007 | European Junior Championships | Hengelo, Netherlands | – | NM | |
2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | 5.50 m | |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 7th | 5.60 m | ||
2009 | European U23 Championships | Kaunas, Lithuania | 1st | 5.65 m | |
2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 9th | 5.60 m | |
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 6th | 5.50 m | |
World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 20th (q) | 5.50 m | ||
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 3rd | 5.77 m | |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | 5.91 m | ||
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 8th | 5.61 m | |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 1st | 5.89 m | ||
2015 | World Championships | Beijing, China | 2nd | 5.90 m | |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 26th (q) | 5.45 m | |
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 5th | 5.80 m | |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 5th (q) | 5.70 m1 | ||
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 5th | 5.80 m | |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | – | NM | ||
2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 6th | 5.70 m |
1No mark in the final
World Athletics Championships champions in men's pole vault | |
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World U20 Champions in men's pole vault | |
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European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award (men) | |
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