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Björn Otto (born 16 October 1977) is a retired German pole vaulter.

Björn Otto

Björn Otto in 2007
Personal information
Born	(1977-10-16) October 16, 1977 (age 44)
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole Vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Pole vault outdoor: 6.01 (2012) Pole vault indoor: 5.92 (2012)
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Pole vault World Championships 2013 Moscow Pole vault World Indoor Championships 2012 Istanbul Pole vault European Athletics Championships 2012 Helsinki Pole vault European Indoor Championships 2013 Göteborg Pole vault 2007 Birmingham Pole vault Universiade 2005 Izmir Pole vault 2003 Daegu Pole vault

On 30 January 2013 in Cottbus, Germany, with the mark of 5.90 m, he set the masters world record M35.[1]

Biography

His personal best is a jump of 6.01 metres, achieved on 5 September 2012 in Aachen.[2] He cleared 5.92 metres indoors in February 2012 in Potsdam, and equaled it also at the German national indoor championships in Karlsruhe later that month. Arguably his biggest success was a second place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In the same year, he also won a silver medal at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2012 and a silver medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland in July 2012.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	8th	5.40 m
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	6th	5.50 m
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	7th	5.35 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	5.50 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (q)	5.65 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	4th	5.70 m
	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	1st	5.80 m
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	5.71 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	5th	5.81 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	16th (q)	5.55 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	5.80 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	5.92 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	5.91 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	5.76 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	5.82 m

See also

• Six metres club
• German records in athletics
• Germany all-time top lists – Pole vault
• List of world records in masters athletics

References

External links

• Björn Otto at World Athletics
• Björn Otto at European Athletics (archived)
• Bjorn Otto at Olympics.com
• Bjorn Otto at Olympic.org (archived)
• Björn Otto at Olympedia
• Björn Otto at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Björn Otto at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Paweł Wojciechowski	Men's Pole Vault Best Year Performance 2012	Succeeded by [to be determined][needs update]

На других языках

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- [en] Björn Otto

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[fr] Björn Otto

Björn Otto (né le 16 octobre 1977 à Frechen en Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie) est un athlète allemand, pratiquant le saut à la perche.

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[it] Björn Otto

Björn Otto (Frechen, 16 ottobre 1977) è un ex astista tedesco, vicecampione olimpico a Londra 2012.

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[ru] Отто, Бьёрн

Бьёрн Отто (нем. Björn Otto; 16 октября 1977 (1977-10-16), Фрехен) — немецкий прыгун с шестом, серебряный призёр Олимпийских игр 2012 года. Лучший результат Бьёрна Отто — 5.92 м — был поставлен 1 июля 2012 года на чемпионате Европы в Хельсинки. В помещениях лучший результат аналогичен, был поставлен в феврале 2012 года в Потсдаме. Лучшим достижением Бьёрна Отто является серебро Олимпиады, 2 место на чемпионате Европы 2012 и чемпионате мира в помещении 2012.

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