Bo Kanda Lita Baehre

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Bo Kanda Lita Baehre
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Bo Kanda Lita Baehre in 2022
Personal information
Born (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 25)
Düsseldorf, Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Pole vault
ClubART Düsseldorf
TSV Bayer Leverkusen
Coached by Christine Adams
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Munich Pole vault

Bo Kanda Lita Baehre (born 29 April 1999) is a German athlete specialising in the pole vault. [1] He won a silver medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships.

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His personal bests in the event are 5.90 metres outdoors (Berlin 2022) and 5.81 metres indoors (Düsseldorf 2022).

Personal life

Born in Germany, he is of DR Congolese descent through his father. [2] [ better source needed ] He is a cousin of a British footballer, Leroy Lita. [3]

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Tbilisi, Georgia 1st4.92 m
2016 European Youth Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 2nd5.30 m
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 2nd5.45 m
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 4th 5.50 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 15th (q) 5.51 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th 5.55 m
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 1st 5.65 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 5.70 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 4th (q) 5.60 m 1
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 11th 5.70 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, Oregon 7th 5.87 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 2nd 5.85 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 9th 5.40 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 14th (q) 5.45 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 9th 5.70 m

1No mark in the final

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References

  1. Bo Kanda Lita Baehre at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Pole vault pirate Lita Baehre in top form ahead of the World Championships - World News | TakeToNews". June 27, 2022.
  3. Koken, Harald (3 October 2017). "Bo Kanda Lita Baehre: Kometenhafter Aufstieg in perfektem Umfeld" (in German). Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 13 October 2018.