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World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022

Björn OTTO

Athlete Profile

  • COUNTRY
    Germany Germany
  • DATE OF BIRTH
    16 OCT 1977     ATHLETE'S CODE
    14193604
Bjorn Otto (Getty Images)

Outdoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
Pole Vault 6.01 Aachen (GER) 05 SEP 2012 NR 1270

Legend

* Not legal.

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Venue Date Records Results Score
High Jump 2.05 Potsdam (GER) 24 JAN 1998 958
Pole Vault 5.92 Potsdam (GER) 18 FEB 2012 1245

Legend

* Not legal.

Latest Active Season: 2014

Indoor

Discipline Performance Wind Place Date Records Results Score
Pole Vault 5.60 Cottbus (GER) 22 JAN 2014 1157

Outdoor

Pole Vault

Performance Place Date
2013 5.90 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) 01 JUN 2013
2012 6.01 Aachen (GER) 05 SEP 2012
2011 5.80 Landau (GER) 02 AUG 2011
2010 5.41 Potsdam (GER) 29 AUG 2010
2009 5.75 Aachen (GER) 02 SEP 2009
2008 5.70 Kassel (GER) 06 JUN 2008
2007 5.90 Leverkusen (GER) 10 AUG 2007
2006 5.85 Berlin (GER) 02 SEP 2006
2005 5.80 Izmir (TUR) 18 AUG 2005
2004 5.82 Münster (GER) 23 SEP 2004
2003 5.70 Ulm (GER) 28 JUN 2003
2002 5.60 Leverkusen (GER) 27 JUL 2002
2001 5.51 Kassel (GER) 13 JUN 2001
2000 5.65 Norderney (GER) 01 AUG 2000
1999 5.60 Nordeney (GER) 01 AUG 1999
1998 5.42 Wipperfürth (GER) 25 JUL 1998
1997 5.40 Arnhem (NED) 12 JUL 1997
1996 5.20 Ingolstadt (GER) 14 JUN 1996

Indoor

High Jump

Performance Place Date
1997/98 2.05 Potsdam (GER) 24 JAN 1998

Indoor

Pole Vault

Performance Place Date
2013/14 5.60 Cottbus (GER) 22 JAN 2014
2012/13 5.90 Cottbus (GER) 30 JAN 2013
2011/12 5.92 Potsdam (GER) 18 FEB 2012
2010/11 5.61 Potsdam (GER) 19 FEB 2011
2009/10 5.60 Cottbus (GER) 27 JAN 2010
2008/09 5.60 Cottbus (GER) 28 JAN 2009
2007/08 5.70 Dormagen (GER) 25 JAN 2008
2006/07 5.90 Leipzig (GER) 17 FEB 2007
2005/06 5.75 Karlsruhe (GER) 26 FEB 2006
2004/05 5.76 Bad Oeynhausen (GER) 13 MAR 2005
2003/04 5.81 Leipzig (GER) 29 FEB 2004
2002/03 5.72 Potsdam (GER) 08 FEB 2003
2000/01 5.60 Potsdam (GER) 18 FEB 2001
1999/00 5.60 Sindelfingen (GER) 12 FEB 2000
1998/99 5.40 Dortmund (GER) 28 FEB 1999
1997/98 5.40 Bielefeld (GER) 06 FEB 1998
1996/97 5.33 Reno, NV (USA) 25 JAN 1997
1995/96 5.30 Liévin (FRA) 02 MAR 1996

Honours - Olympic Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. Pole Vault 5.91 Olympic Stadium, London (GBR) 10 AUG 2012

Honours - World Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
3. Pole Vault 5.82 Luzhniki, Moskva (RUS) 12 AUG 2013
5. Pole Vault 5.81 Nagai Stadium, Osaka (JPN) 01 SEP 2007

Honours - World Indoor Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. Pole Vault 5.80 Ataköy Arena, Istanbul (TUR) 10 MAR 2012

Honours - European Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. Pole Vault 5.92 Helsinki (FIN) 01 JUL 2012

Honours - Diamond League

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. Pole Vault 5.74 Crystal Palace, London (GBR) 13 JUL 2012

Honours - World Athletics Final

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. Pole Vault 5.86 Gottlieb-Daimler Stadion, Stuttgart (GER) 23 SEP 2007

Honours - European Indoor Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
2. Pole Vault 5.76 Scandinavium, Göteborg (SWE) 03 MAR 2013
3. Pole Vault 5.71 National Indoor Arena, Birmingham (GBR) 03 MAR 2007
4. Pole Vault 5.70 Palacio de Deportes, Madrid (ESP) 05 MAR 2005
6. Pole Vault 5.50 Topsporthal Vlaanderen, Gent (BEL) 26 FEB 2000

Honours - European Team Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
3. Pole Vault 5.50 International Stadium, Gateshead (GBR) 23 JUN 2013

Honours - World University Games

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. Pole Vault 5.80 Izmir (TUR) 18 AUG 2005
3. Pole Vault 5.50 Daegu (KOR) 28 AUG 2003

Honours - National Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. Pole Vault 5.80 Ulm (GER) 07 JUL 2013

Honours - National Indoor Championships

Place Discipline Mark Wind Place Date
1. Pole Vault 5.85 Dortmund (GER) 24 FEB 2013
1. Pole Vault 5.92 Karlsruhe (GER) 26 FEB 2012
1. Pole Vault 5.90 Leipzig (GER) 17 FEB 2007
Results in:

Pole Vault Indoor

Date Competition Cnt. Cat Race Pl. Result
22 JAN 2014 Cottbus Springermeeting, Cottbus GERGER E F 1. 5.60

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