Dietmar Mögenburg Explained
Dietmar Mögenburg |
Birth Date: | 15 August 1961 |
Birth Place: | Leverkusen, West Germany |
Height: | 2.01m (06.59feet)[1] |
Weight: | 78kg (172lb) |
Pb: | 2.36 m 2.39 m (indoor) |
Dietmar Mögenburg (pronounced as /de/, ; born 15 August 1961) is a (West) German former high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athens.
Career
On 26 May 1980, at the age of 18, Mögenburg jumped 2.35 m which tied the world outdoor record set by Jacek Wszoła of Poland. At the time, this mark also established a new world outdoor junior record. He reached his outdoor peak on 10 June 1984 when he cleared 2.36 m in Eberstadt, in a competition won by Zhu Jianhua with a world record of 2.39 m. Mögenburg would later establish a new world indoor mark of 2.39 m on 14 February 1985 in Cologne. As of 2015, the only German to have jumped higher is his 1980s rival Carlo Thränhardt, who cleared 2.37 m outdoors (1984) and 2.42 m indoors (1988).
International competitions
- 10-time West German High Jump Champion (1980–85, 1987–90)
- 5-time West German Indoor High Jump Champion (1979–81, 1984, 1989)
Representing |
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1980 | European Indoor Championships | Sindelfingen, West Germany | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2.31 m |
Liberty Bell Classic | Philadelphia, United States | 3rd | 2.22 m |
1981 | European Indoor Championships | Grenoble, France | 3rd | 2.25 m |
1982 | European Indoor Championships | Milan, Italy | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2.34 m |
European Championships | Athens, Greece | 1st | 2.30 m |
1983 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 4th | 2.29 m |
1984 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2.33 m |
Olympic Games | Los Angeles, United States | 1st | 2.35 m |
1986 | European Indoor Championships | Madrid, Spain | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2.34 m |
European Championships | Stuttgart, West Germany | 4th | 2.28 m |
1987 | World Championships | Rome, Italy | 4th | 2.35 m |
1988 | European Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | 2.37 m |
Olympic Games | Seoul, South Korea | 6th | 2.34 m |
1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, Netherlands | bgcolor=gold | 1st | 2.33 m |
World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 2nd | 2.35 m |
1990 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, Scotland | 3rd | 2.30 m |
European Championships | Split, Yugoslavia | 6th | 2.31 m |
Representing |
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1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 27th (q) | 2.15 m | |
Note: Result with a q, indicates overall position in qualifying round.External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Dietmar Mögenburg . Olympedia.org . . 4 February 2023.