 Holzdeppe in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe |
| Nationality | German |
| Born | (1989-09-28) 28 September 1989 (age 35) Kaiserslautern, West Germany |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | Pole vault |
| Club | LAZ Zweibrücken |
| Coached by | Andrei Tivontchik |
| Medal record | |
Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe (born 28 September 1989) is a German pole vaulter, who was world champion at his event. He lives in Zweibrücken in Germany and represents the sports club LAZ Zweibrücken.
Biography
Holzdeppe, who is of African origin, was adopted by a German couple shortly after his birth. He was raised in Kaiserslautern in Germany.
Holzdeppe finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships and won the 2008 World Junior Championships. At the 2007 European Junior Championships, he notably got no result, having no-heighted in the qualifying round. He received the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, behind countryman Björn Otto and Frenchman Renaud Lavillenie.
His personal best jump is 5.94 metres, achieved on 26 July 2015 set in Nuremberg. A previous personal best was 5.80 metres, achieved in June 2008, setting the world junior record. He holds the world junior indoor record with 5.68 metres, achieved in March 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. As a result of this feat, he won the 2008 European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award. Meanwhile, he finished his Abitur in the lyceum of Helmholtz in Zweibrücken.
Holzdeppe won his first senior world title at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics in Moscow with a jump of 5.89 m.
Competition record
No mark in the final
See also
References
- "Holzdeppe ist der neue deutsche Überflieger" (in German). 29 June 2008. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- "IAAF: Raphael HOLZDEPPE | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- "Raphael Holzdeppe stellt U20-Weltrekord ein". German Athletics Association (in German). 28 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
External links
- Raphael Holzdeppe at World Athletics
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Diamond League
- Raphael Holzdeppe at European Athletics (archive)
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Olympics.com
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Olympic.org (archived)
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Olympedia (archive)
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Raphael Holzdeppe at Team Deutschland (in German)
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| World U20 Champions in men's pole vault | |
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| European Athletics U23 Championships champions in men's pole vault | |
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| European Athletics Rising Star of the Year (men) | |
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- German male pole vaulters
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- Olympic male pole vaulters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- World Athletics Championships medalists
- Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Sportspeople from Kaiserslautern
- European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners
- World Athletics Championships winners
- Athletes from Rhineland-Palatinate
- 21st-century German sportsmen