Danny Ecker

Medal record
Competitor for  Germany
Men’s athletics
World Championships
Bronze	2007 Osaka	Pole vault
European Indoor Championships
Gold	2007 Birmingham	Pole vault

Ecker at the 2007 World Championships

Danny Ecker (born 21 July 1977 in Leverkusen) is a German athlete competing in the pole vault.

Biography

His current personal best is 5.93 metres, but through his indoor best performance of 6.00 metres he has a place in the so-called 6 metres club. 5.93 ranks him fourth among German pole vaulters, behind Tim Lobinger, Andrei Tivontchik and Michael Stolle. [1]

He won a bronze medal at the 2007 IAAF World Championships and the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships and placed fourth at the 1999 World Championships. At the Olympic Games he finished eighth in 2000 and fifth in 2004. He won the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships.

Danny Ecker is the son of Heide Rosendahl, who became Olympic long jump champion in 1972, and US basketball player John Ecker. His team is Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Danny Ecker married in 2006. He has one daughter.

External links

• IAAF profile for Danny Ecker
• Leverkusen who's who

Persondata
Name	Ecker, Danny
Alternative names
Short description	German pole vaulter
Date of birth	21 July 1977
Place of birth	Leverkusen, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death