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Mark Ostendarp (born 24 January 1973 in Coesfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a retired German runner, who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Ostendarp won the 1997 Summer Universiade,[1] finished ninth at the 1997 World Championships and at the 1998 European Championships.[2] At the 1998 IAAF World Cup he ran the 1500 metres and finished sixth.
He became German steeplechase champion in 1997, representing the team TV Wattenscheid.[3]
His time of 8:18.49 minutes from the 1997 World Championships in Athens remained his career best time. This result places him ninth on the German all-time performers list, behind Damian Kallabis, Hagen Melzer, Frank Baumgartl, Rainer Schwarz, Uwe Pflügner, Michael Karst, Steffen Brand and Patriz Ilg.[4]
References
- IAAF profile for Mark Ostendarp
- ^ World Student Games (Universiade - Men) - GBR Athletics
- ^ "Sensations-Gold für Kallabis" (in German). ARD. 23 August 1998. http://www.ndr.de/em/news/163.html. Retrieved 2007-05-31.
- ^ German championships, men's 3000 m steeplechase
- ^ Microsoft Word - Ewige DLV-Bestenliste.doc
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 3000 m Steeplechase 1967: Jouko Kuha (FIN) • 1970: Mikhail Zhelev (BUL) • 1973: Leonid Savelyev (URS) • 1975: Bronisław Malinowski (POL) • 1977: Michael Karst (FRG) • 1979: Paul Copu (ROM) • 1981: John Gregorek (USA) • 1983: Peter Daenens (BEL) • 1985: Franco Boffi (ITA) • 1987: Valeriy Vandyak (URS) • 1989: Patrick Sang (KEN) • 1991: Shaun Creighton (AUS) • 1993: Michael Buchleitner (AUT) • 1995: Daniel Njenga (KEN) • 1997: Mark Ostendarp (GER) • 1999: Giuseppe Maffei (ITA) • 2001: Anthony Famiglietti (USA) • 2003: César Pérez (ESP) • 2005: Halil Akkaş (TUR) • 2007: Halil Akkaş (TUR) • 2009: Ion Luchianov (MDA) • 2011: Alberto Paulo (POR)
Categories:- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Coesfeld
- German long-distance runners
- German athletics biography stubs
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