Katharina Bauer
Katharina Bauer in 2015
Personal information
Born (1990-06-12) 12 June 1990
Wiesbaden, West Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
ClubTSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Coached byLeszek Klima

Katharina Bauer (born 12 June 1990 in Wiesbaden) is a German athlete specialising in the pole vault.[1] She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without qualifying for the final. In addition, she twice reached the final at the European Indoor Championships.

Her personal bests in the event are 4.65 metres outdoors (Beckum (GER) and 4.60 metres indoors (Leverkusen 2015).

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Germany
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 6th 3.95 m
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 12th (q) 4.10 m1
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 8th 4.22 m
Universiade Kazan, Russia 5th 4.30 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 17th (q) 4.25 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 6th (q) 4.60 m1
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 14th (q) 4.40 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar NM

1No mark in the final

Personal life

Having problems with abnormally fast heartbeat since her youth, she competes with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in her chest.[2]

References

  1. Katharina Bauer at World Athletics
  2. "Heartbeat". Spikes. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.


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