Jacqueline Otchere Explained

Jacqueline Otchere
Nationality:German
Sport:Athletics
Event:Pole Vault
Birth Date:5 May 1996
Pb:Pole Vault: 4.60m (London, 2018)

Jacqueline Otchere (born 5 May 1996) is a German pole vaulter. She is a multiple German champion at the pole vault.[1]

Career

She started athletics at eight years-old and would train with her brothers Julian and Colin at ASV Eppelheim near Heidelberg. She took up the pole vault in 2015.[2]

In June 2018, she won the U23 German Championships in Heilbronn, and represented her country for the first time at the World Cup in London where she set a new personal best clearance of 4.60m. In July 2018, she won her first senior national pole vault title and then was selected for her first major championships, competing at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin.[3]

Otchere won her second German pole vault national championship title on 4 June 2021.[4] The following year she claimed her first German national indoor title, winning in Leipzig in February 2022.[5]

Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, she reached the final with a 4.50m clearance.[6] In the final she finished tenth overall with a 4.45m clearance.[7]

She was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[8]

Personal life

Otchere studied biological sciences at the University of Heidelberg.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jacqueline Otchere. 11 June 2023. World Athletics.
  2. Web site: Julian and Jacqueline: The Otchere siblings take off. Leichtathletik.de. 5 July 2023. July 19, 2018 . Thorsten. Eisenhofer.
  3. Web site: Jacqueline Otchere - The high-flyer. Leichathletik. 5 July 2023. 24 October 2018 . Jan Henner. Reitze.
  4. Web site: Otchere takes second pole vault championship title. 5 July 2023. ev-online.de. 4 June 2021.
  5. Web site: STABHOCH FRAUEN. Leichtathletik.de. 5 July 2023. 27 February 2022.
  6. Web site: Post-nominated Otchere in the IAAF World Championships baton final. sport.de. 5 July 2023. July 16, 2022.
  7. Web site: US athletes dominate at the World Championships in Athletics in Eugene. newsingermany.com. 5 July 2023. 16 July 2022.
  8. Web site: DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder. Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
  9. Web site: Zwölf Fragen an… Jacqueline Otchere. Leichathletik. 5 July 2023. 6 April 2019.