| Charles Friedek | |
| Full Name: | Charles Michael Friedek |
| Birth Place: | Gießen, West Germany |
| Height: | 1.84 m[1] |
| Weight: | 80 kg |
Charles Michael Friedek (born 26 August 1971 in Gießen) is a German triple jumper who became world champion in 1999 with a jump of 17.59 metres. He had already won the World Indoor Championships the same year, with an indoor PB of 17.18 metres.
In 2002, he won a silver medal at the European Championships with 17.33 metres. At the European Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal in 1998 and gold in 2000.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Varaždin, Yugoslavia | – | NM | ||
| 1990 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 12th | 15.53 m | ||
| Representing | |||||
| 1996 | Atlanta, United States | 14th (q) | 16.71 m | ||
| 1997 | Paris, France | 4th | 17.16 m | ||
| Athens, Greece | 11th | 16.86 m | |||
| Universiade | Catania, Italy | 5th | 16.90 m | ||
| 1998 | Valencia, Spain | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 17.15 m | |
| Budapest, Hungary | 6th | 17.04 m | |||
| 1999 | Maebashi, Japan | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 17.18 m | |
| Palma de Mallorca, Spain | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 17.20 m | ||
| Seville, Spain | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 17.59 m | ||
| 2000 | Ghent, Belgium | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 17.28 m | |
| Sydney, Australia | 9th (q) | 16.93 m[2] | |||
| 2001 | Lisbon, Portugal | 4th | 17.13 m | ||
| 2002 | Munich, Germany | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 17.33 m | |
| 2004 | Athens, Greece | – | NM | ||
| 2005 | Helsinki, Finland | 26th (q) | 15.75 m | ||
| 2009 | Berlin, Germany | – | NM | ||