Gunther Spielvogel

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Gunther Spielvogel (born April 27, 1944 in Sosnowitz ( Silesia ), today Sosnowiec / Poland , grew up in Weil am Rhein ) is a former German athlete who specialized in the high jump . He started for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen and weighed 86 kg with a height of 1.91 m. He jumps the so-called straddle .

National successes

Spielvogel won a total of five German championship titles between 1964 and 1971:

  • 1964: Master Hall (2.04 m)
  • 1965: Third open air and runner-up in Halle
  • 1966: Third open air
  • 1967: Master Hall (2.10 m)
  • 1968: Vice champion open air and champion hall (2.12 m)
  • 1969: Third open air and champion hall (2.12 m)
  • 1971: Master open air (2.17 m) and third hall

International successes

Spielvogel also appeared several times on an international level, celebrating his greatest success at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City . Initially, he benefited from the fact that fewer than twelve athletes mastered the required qualifying height of 2.14 m and thus all 2.12-meter jumpers, including Spielvogel, advanced to the final. But then he improved and was the best German participant (seventh place) with 2.14 m skipped in the second attempt, ahead of Ingomar Sieghart (ninth place) and the reigning German champion Thomas Zacharias (14th place). He had been denied participation in the games four years earlier in Tokyo as fourth in the German championships. Although he was able to qualify for the 1972 Games in Munich , he had to cancel due to an injury.

Spielvogel took part in two European championships - in 1966 in Budapest and 1971 in Helsinki - but failed both times in the qualification. He was more successful at the European Indoor Games, the forerunner of the European Indoor Athletics Championships, where he participated in two final fights: in 1967 in Prague he was fifth with 2.08 m, and in 1968 in Madrid with 2.05 m fourteenth. He also competed in Belgrade the following year , but had no valid attempt.

His personal best is 2.18 m, which he jumped on September 12, 1971 in Mainz .

Success as a senior

The medals that Spielvogel were denied at a young age he won as a senior. His balance:

International:

  • Senior World Championships
    • 1987 in Melbourne : Gold with 1.87 m (M40)
    • 1993 in Miyazaki : Gold with 1.80 (M45)
    • 1997 in Durban : Gold with 1.78 m (M50)
  • Senior Indoor World Championships
    • 2006 in Linz : 7th place with 1.51 m (M60)
  • Senior European Championships
    • 2004 in Aarhus : Gold with 1.60 m (M60). Spielvogel took all heights on the first try.

National:

  • German Senior II Championships
  • German senior indoor and winter throwing championships
    • 2005 in Düsseldorf : Gold with 1.62 m (M60)
    • 2006 in Erfurt : Gold with 1.62 m (M60)
    • 2007 in Düsseldorf: Gold with 1.57 m (M60)
    • 2009 in Düsseldorf: Gold with 1.51 m (M65)
    • 2010 in Sindelfingen : Gold with 1.51 m (M65)
  • North Rhine Senior Championships

Age group top performances:

  • M50: 1.80 m, achieved on May 12, 1994 in Moers
  • M55: 1.74 m, achieved on August 21, 1999 in Hagen
  • M60: 1.66 m, achieved on May 23, 2004 in Mönchengladbach
  • M65: 1.59 m, achieved on July 10, 2009 in Vaterstetten

In addition to high jump, Spielvogel also does squash and fistball . During his sports studies, he also played volleyball in the first division.

job

Spielvogel completed an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk and then went on to study at the Sports University in Cologne , which he completed in 1973. He then became a sports teacher at the Otto Hahn Gymnasium in Bensberg . He is also the youth manager of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen. He lives in Refrath .

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personal data
SURNAME Spielvogel, Gunther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Sosnowitz ( Silesia ), today Sosnowiec , Poland