 Tobias Potye in 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 (age 29) Munich, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | LG Stadtwerke München USC München | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Sebastian Kneifel, Manfred Knopp, Max Mühlbauer | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tobias Potye (born 16 March 1995 in Munich) is a German athlete specialising in the high jump. He won the gold medal at the 2013 European Junior Championships. At the European Athletics Championships of Munich he won a silver medal in high jump.
His personal bests in the event are 2.34 metres outdoors (Chorzow 2023) and 2.27 metres indoors (Toruń 2023).
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes | |
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Representing  Germany
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| 2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 1st | 2.20 m | |
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United Kingdom | 9th | 2.17 m | |
| 2015 | European U23 Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 8th | 2.18 m | |
| 2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 10th | 2.10 m | |
| 2018 | World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 3rd | 2.24 m | |
| European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 16th (q) | 2.21 m | ||
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 4th | 2.26 m | |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 19th (q) | 2.21 m | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 2nd | 2.27 m | ||
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 4th | 2.26 m | |
| World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 5th | 2.33 m | ||
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | – | NM | |
References
- "DLV profile". Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- Tobias Potye at World Athletics
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- German male high jumpers
- Athletes from Munich
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- European Games competitors for Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- 21st-century German sportsmen
- German high jumper stubs