- Gerd Nagel
Gerd Nagel (born
22 October 1957 inSulingen ) is a retired West Germanhigh jump er.He won the 1982 European Championships and finished fourteenth at the 1987 World Championships. At the European Indoor Championships he won the silver in 1983 and a bronze in 1990, [ [http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/ei.htm European Indoor Championships (Men)] - GBR Athletics] and finished fourth in 1982 [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1982/m82_08.html 1982 European Indoor Championships - men's high jump] - Die Leichtatletik Statistik-Seite] and thirteenth in 1988. [ [http://www.maik-richter.de/results/indoor/europe/1988/m88_20.html 1988 European Indoor Championships - men's high jump] - Die Leichtatletik Statistik-Seite]
He represented the sports team
LG Frankfurt and became West German champion in 1979. [ [http://www.sport-komplett.de/sport-komplett/sportarten/l/leichtathletik/hst/101.html German championships - men's high jump] ]His personal best jump was 2.35 metres, achieved in August 1988 in
Forbach . This result ranks him fifth among German high jumpers, behindCarlo Thränhardt ,Gerd Wessig ,Dietmar Mögenburg andMartin Buß . He had a better indoor jump with 2.36 metres, achieved in March 1989 in Sulingen. [ [http://www.leichtathletik.de/dokumente/ergebnisse/images/ewige_dlv_bestenliste.pdf Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc ] ] The meet in June 1979 inEberstadt , when Nagel, Thränhardt and Mögenburg improved the West German record from 2.26 m to 2.30 m, marked the first time three jumpers had cleared this height in the same competition.References
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