Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | |
Birth Date: | 29 April 1999 |
Birth Place: | Düsseldorf, Germany |
Height: | 1.93 m |
Weight: | 89 kg |
Sport: | Athletics |
Event: | Pole vault |
Club: | ART Düsseldorf TSV Bayer Leverkusen |
Coach: | Christine Adams |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Bo Kanda Lita Baehre (born 29 April 1999) is a German athlete specialising in the pole vault. He won a silver medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 5.90 metres outdoors (Berlin 2022) and 5.81 metres indoors (Düsseldorf 2022).
Born in Germany, he is of DR Congolese descent through his father.[1] He is a cousin of a British footballer, Leroy Lita.[2]
Representing | |||||
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2015 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Tbilisi, Georgia | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 4.92 m |
2016 | European Youth Championships | Tbilisi, Georgia | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5.30 m |
2017 | European U20 Championships | Grosseto, Italy | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5.45 m |
2018 | World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 4th | 5.50 m | |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 15th (q) | 5.51 m | ||
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 7th | 5.55 m | |
European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 5.65 m | |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 4th | 5.70 m | ||
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 4th (q) | 5.60 m1 | |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 11th | 5.70 m | ||
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 7th | 5.87 m | |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 5.85 m | |
2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 9th | 5.40 m | |
2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 14th (q) | 5.45 m |