Ingo Peyker

Ingo Peyker (born September 8, 1941 in Groß Heidau ) is a former Austrian pole vaulter , long jumper and decathlete and sports scientist .

Career

At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he did not succeed in qualifying in the pole vault .

He was Austrian champion five times in the pole vault (1966, 1968, 1971-1973) and three times in the long jump (1967, 1968, 1970) and in the decathlon (1966, 1967, 1972). In 1980 he became Austrian indoor champion in pole vault.

Peyker studied biology, education, sociology, philosophy and physical education. From 1983 he taught as an associate professor, later as a university professor for sports science with a special focus on sports theory at the Institute for Sports Science at the University of Graz . He published books on sports.

Personal best

• Pole vault: 5.00 m, August 4, 1968, Feldkirch-Gisingen (former national record)
  • Hall: 4.80 m, February 8, 1981, Schielleiten Castle
• Long jump: 7.33 m, August 2, 1968, Feldkirch-Gisingen
• Decathlon: 6738 points, August 20, 1967, Linz

Web links

• Athlete portrait at the ÖLV
• Ingo Peyker in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Literature by and about Ingo Peyker in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Ingo Peyker in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ^ Lichtungen : Journal for Literature, Art and Criticism of Time. Volume 17. Styrian Writers' Association, Graz 1996, p. 4.
2. ↑ Author information in The Truth of the Feet: Body Appropriation and Nature Relationship. Book 2. Centaurus, Herbolzheim 2006. Retrieved on August 22, 2020.
3. ^ Austrian university newspaper . Volume 35, 1983, p. 39.