- Dietmar Haaf
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Dietmar Haaf Personal information Born March 6, 1967 Medal recordMen's Athletics Olympic Games Competitor for 
West GermanyWorld Indoor Championships Silver 1989 Budapest Long jump European Indoor Championships Gold 1990 Glasgow Long jump European Championships Gold 1990 Split Long jump Competitor for GermanyWorld Indoor Championships Gold 1991 Sevilla Long jump European Indoor Championships Gold 1994 Paris Long jump Dietmar Haaf (born March 6, 1967 in Bad Cannstatt) is a former (West) German long jumper.
Career
He won the gold medal at the 1990 European Championships in Split in a personal best jummp of 8.25 metres. The following year he won the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Seville. He finished fourth at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo.
His personal best jump of 8.25 metres ranks him seventh among German long jumpers, behind Lutz Dombrowski, Frank Paschek, Josef Schwarz, Henry Lauterbach, Marco Delonge and Konstantin Krause. [1]
Haaf retired in 1997.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing West Germany1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 1st European Championships Athens, Greece 10th 1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th 1989 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 5th 1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 1st European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st 8.25 PB Representing Germany1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 1st World Championships Tokyo, Japan 4th 1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 13th 1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st External links
- IAAF profile for Dietmar Haaf
- Profile at maik-richter.de
European Champions in Men's Long Jump 1934: Wilhelm Leichum (GER) • 1938: Wilhelm Leichum (GER) • 1946: Olle Laessker (SWE) • 1950: Torfi Bryngeirsson (ISL) • 1954: Ödön Földessy (HUN) • 1958: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) • 1962: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) • 1966: Lynn Davies (GBR) • 1969: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS) • 1971: Max Klauß (GDR) • 1974: Valeriy Podluzhniy (URS) • 1978: Jacques Rousseau (FRA) • 1982: Lutz Dombrowski (GDR) • 1986: Robert Emmiyan (URS) • 1990: Dietmar Haaf (FRG) • 1994: Ivaylo Mladenov (BUL) • 1998: Kirill Sosunov (RUS) • 2002: Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) • 2006: Andrew Howe (ITA) • 2010: Christian Reif (GER)
World Indoor Champions in Men's Long Jump 1985: Jan Leitner (TCH) • 1987 – 1989: Larry Myricks (USA) • 1991: Dietmar Haaf (GER) • 1993 – 2001: Iván Pedroso (CUB) • 2003: Dwight Phillips (USA) • 2004: Savanté Stringfellow (USA) • 2006: Ignisious Gaisah (GHA) • 2008: Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA) • 2010: Fabrice Lapierre (AUS)
1970: Tõnu Lepik (URS) • 1971: Hans Baumgartner (FRG) • 1972: Max Klauß (GDR) • 1973: Hans Baumgartner (FRG) • 1974: Jean-François Bonhème (FRA) • 1975: Jacques Rousseau (FRA) • 1976: Jacques Rousseau (FRA) • 1977: Hans Baumgartner (FRG) • 1978: László Szalma (HUN) • 1979: Vladimir Tsepelyov (URS) • 1980: Winfried Klepsch (FRG) • 1981: Rolf Bernhard (SUI) • 1982: Henry Lauterbach (GDR) • 1983: László Szalma (HUN) • 1984: Jan Leitner (URS) • 1985: Gyula Pálóczi (HUN) • 1986: Robert Emmiyan (URS) • 1987: Robert Emmiyan (URS) • 1988: Frans Maas (NED) • 1989: Emiel Mellaard (NED) • 1990: Dietmar Haaf (GER) • 1992: Dmitriy Bagryanov (RUS) • 1994: Dietmar Haaf (GER) • 1996: Máris Bružiks (LAT) • 1998: Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) • 2000: Petar Dachev (BUL) • 2002: Raúl Fernández (ESP) • 2005: Joan Lino Martínez (ESP) • 2007: Andrew Howe (ITA) • 2009: Sebastian Bayer (GER) • 2011: Sebastian Bayer (GER)
Categories:- 1967 births
- Living people
- German long jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Germany
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