- Doris Auer
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Doris Auer (born 10 May 1971) is an Austrian pole vaulter. Her personal best is 4.40 metres (outdoors), achieved in September 2000 in Runaway Bay. This is the current Austrian record. Indoors her best is 4.44 metres, achieved in Glasgow 2001. In the same year the current world champion Yelena Isinbayeva recorded 4.45 indoors.
After 2001 Auer's performance stagnated. In 2002 she resigned from competitive sports but continued to practice pole vaulting as a respectable amateur. Currently she is a full time high school teacher of sports in Vienna, Austria. She holds a university degree in sports and history.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes Representing Austria
1997 World Student Games Catania, Italy 3rd Pole Vault 2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 9th Pole Vault 2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 11th Pole Vault External links
- IAAF profile for Doris Auer
Categories:- 1971 births
- Living people
- Austrian athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Austria
- Female pole vaulters
- European athletics biography stubs
- Austrian sportspeople stubs
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