Malte Mohr

Malte Mohr

Mohr in Munich in 2012
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1986-07-24) 24 July 1986 (age 39) Bochum, West Germany
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Track and field
Event	Pole vault
Club	TV Wattenscheid
Coached by	Chauncey Johnson
Achievements and titles
Personal best	5.91 m
Medal record Men's athletics Representing   Germany World Indoor Championships 2010 Doha Pole vault 2014 Sopot Pole vault European Indoor Championships 2011 Paris Pole vault 2013 Göteborg Pole vault

Malte Mohr (born 24 July 1986) is a German pole vaulter. At the 2009 World Athletics Championships, Mohr finished in 14th place with a vault of 5.50 metres. At the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, Mohr was runner-up behind Steve Hooker with a vault of 5.70 metres. ^[1]

Career

He was eliminated in the qualifying round of the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships, but two years later he reached the podium at the 2011 European Indoors with a clearance of 5.71 m for the bronze medal. He reached 5.85 m at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, which brought him fifth place. He placed one position higher than that at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships. ^[2]

After winning at the 2012 German Athletics Championships, he improved his personal best to 5.91 m at a meeting in Ingolstadt in June 2012. ^[3] Mohr was nominated to participate in the men's pole vault at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he finished in 9th place with a vault of 5.50 m. ^{[4] [5]}

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	10th (q)	5.65 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	14th	5.50 m
2010	World Indoor Championships	Doha, Qatar	2nd	5.70 m
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	17th (q)	5.50 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	5.71 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	5th	5.85 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	4th	5.75 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	5.77 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	9th	5.50 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	3rd	5.76 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	5th	5.82 m
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	2nd	5.80 m

Personal bests

As of 12 March 2016

Height	Date	Location	Notes
5.91	22 June 2012	Ingolstadt	Outdoor
5.90	1 March 2014	Berlin	Indoor

See also

• Germany all-time top lists - Pole vault

References

1. Hooker wins world indoor pole vault. AFP (13 March 2010). Retrieved on 13 March 2010.
2. Mohr Malte. IAAF. Retrieved on 24 June 2012.
3. Pole vaulter Mohr warms up for Helsinki with world-leading 5.91m Archived 29 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine . European Athletics (24 June 2012). Retrieved on 24 June 2012.
4. "Malte Mohr - Athletics - Olympic Athlete". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Malte Mohr". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

External links

• Malte Mohr at World Athletics
• Malte Mohr at Diamond League
• Malte Mohr at European Athletics
• Malte Mohr at Olympics.com
• Malte Mohr at Olympedia
• Malte Mohr at InterSportStats
• Malte Mohr at Team Deutschland (in German)