Christian Rhoden

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Christian Rhoden (born 27 March 1974) is a retired German high jumper.

He was born in Duisburg and represented LG Bayer Leverkusen. [1] At the German championships he won the silver medal in 1997, 1999 and 2000 and bronze medals in 1995 and 2002. He became indoor champion in 1997 and 2002, and won several other indoor medals. [2] [3]

Internationally he finished eleventh at the 1998 European Championships, [4] eleventh at the 1999 Universiade [5] and a tied seventh at the 2000 European Indoor Championships. [6] He also competed at the 1997 World Indoor Championships and the 2000 Olympic Games without reaching the final. [1] [7]

His personal best jump was 2.32 metres, achieved in July 1998 in Luxembourg-Ville. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Christian Rhoden". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Leichtathletik - Deutsche Meisterschaften (Hochsprung - Herren)". Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Deutsche Hallen - Leichtathletik - Meisterschaften (Hochsprung - Herren)". Sport-Komplett. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Men High Jump European Championships 1998 Budapest (HUN)". Todor Krastev. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
  5. ↑ Results Archived 2014-05-03 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) - wrongly says "Christiana"
  6. ↑ "2000 European Indoor Championships, men's high jump final". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 25 May 2014. (wrongly says 2002).
  7. 1 2 Christian Rhoden at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg


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