Charles Friedek
German triple jumper
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Full name | Charles Michael Friedek[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 26 August 1971 (1971-08-26) (age 53)[1] Gießen, West Germany[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Michael Friedek (born 26 August 1971 in Gießen) is a German triple jumper who became world champion in 1999 with a jump of 17.59 metres. He had already won the World Indoor Championships the same year, with an indoor PB of 17.18 metres.
In 2002, he won a silver medal at the European Championships with 17.33 metres. At the European Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal in 1998 and gold in 2000.
Competition record
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charles Friedek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ No mark in the final.
References
- Charles Friedek at World Athletics
- Leverkusen's who's who
External links
- Charles Friedek at Olympics.com
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World champions in men's triple jump
- 1983:
Zdzisław Hoffmann (POL)
- 1987:
Khristo Markov (BUL)
- 1991:
Kenny Harrison (USA)
- 1993:
Mike Conley (USA)
- 1995:
Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
- 1997:
Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
- 1999:
Charles Friedek (GER)
- 2001:
Jonathan Edwards (GBR)
- 2003:
Christian Olsson (SWE)
- 2005:
Walter Davis (USA)
- 2007:
Nelson Évora (POR)
- 2009:
Phillips Idowu (GBR)
- 2011:
Christian Taylor (USA)
- 2013:
Teddy Tamgho (FRA)
- 2015:
Christian Taylor (USA)
- 2017:
Christian Taylor (USA)
- 2019:
Christian Taylor (USA)
- 2022:
Pedro Pichardo (POR)
- 2023:
Hugues Fabrice Zango (BFA)
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