Björn Otto Explained
| Birth Date: | 16 October 1977 |
| Height: | 1.91 m |
| Weight: | 90 kg |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Pole Vault |
| Pb: | - Pole vault outdoor: 6.01 (2012)
- Pole vault indoor: 5.92 (2012)
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Björn Otto (born 16 October 1977) is a retired German pole vaulter.
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
| 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 |
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Björn Otto sets a new M35 pole vault world record. world-masters-athletics.org. 7 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140312151640/http://www.world-masters-athletics.org/news/346-bjoern-otto-sets-a-new-m35-pole-vault-world-record. 12 March 2014. dead.
- Web site: Otto jumps world season leading 6.01m in Aachen. european-athletics.org. 6 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120912000641/http://www.european-athletics.org/news/latest-news/496-general/11414-otto-jumps-world-season-leading-6-01m-in-aachen.html. 12 September 2012.
