Erick Walder
| Erick Walder medal table |
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 United States
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| World championships | ||
| silver | 1997 Athens | 8.38 m |
| Indoor World Championships | ||
| bronze | 1999 Maebashi | 8.30 m |
| bronze | 1995 Barcelona | 8.14 m |
Erick Walder (born November 5, 1971 in Mobile ) is a retired American athlete who mainly competed in the long jump .
His greatest achievement was winning the silver medal at the World Athletics Championships in Athens in 1997 . With a width of 8.38 m, he jumped only four centimeters shorter than the winner, Iván Pedroso from Cuba. Walder won other international medals at the World Indoor Athletics Championships. In both 1995 in Barcelona and 1999 in Maebashi , he took third place.
Walder tested positive for amphetamine and methamphetamine in a doping control in June 2004 , after which he was banned from competition for two years. He is 1.86 m tall and had a competition weight of 80 kg.
Top performances
- Long jump: 8.74 m, April 2, 1994, El Paso
- Hall: 8.43 m, March 11, 1994, Indianapolis
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Triple jump : 17.12 m, April 2, 1994, El Paso
- Hall: 17.24 m, March 12, 1994, Indianapolis
Web links
- Erick Walder in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ beginning of the article on munzinger.de
- ↑ Track And Field Photo Magazine: Walder Accepts Two-Year Suspension ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , January 14, 2005
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Walder, Erick |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th November 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mobile, Alabama |