- Richard Spiegelburg
Richard Spiegelburg (born
12 August 1977 inGeorgsmarienhütte ) is a Germanpole vault er. He is the older brother ofSilke Spiegelburg .He won the
1999 Summer Universiade and finished fourth at the2000 European Indoor Athletics Championships . He then finished sixth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton and eighth at the2002 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Vienna.After failing to progress from the qualifying round at the 2002 European Championships he fell out of the international spotlight for some years, but returned in 2005 with a fourth place at the Universiade. In 2006 he finished thirteenth at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg.
His personal best jump is 5.85 metres, achieved in June 2001 in
Stuttgart . This ranks him fifth among German pole vaulters, behindTim Lobinger ,Andrei Tivontchik ,Michael Stolle andDanny Ecker . [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf]External links
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