Michael Stolle

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Michael Stolle at the pole vault in 2004 on Potsdamer Platz in Berlin

Michael Stolle (born December 17, 1974 in Buxtehude ) is a former German pole vaulter . He was a two-time Olympic participant and vice world champion in the hall.

He grew up first in Buxtehude, later in Meerbusch near Düsseldorf. First he trained in the TUS Grünendeich club, in 1988 he joined the LG Düsseldorf after moving to the Lower Rhine region. This was followed by LAV Bayer Uerdingen / Dormagen (1989 to 1991) and, from 1992, TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen (until 2004).

In 1992 Stolle started for the German national team for the first time in an international match in Moscow . A little later he took part in the 1992 Junior World Championships in Seoul . In 1996 Stolle was German champion and ninth at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta .

Especially in the hall, Stolle achieved great success. In 1997, 1998 and 2001 he was German indoor champion, in 1998 he was second at the European Indoor Championships in Valencia with 5.80 m.

At the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, he was seventh and in the same year winner of the European Cup in Paris. On August 18, 2000, he achieved the personal best of his career in Monaco with 5.95 m, also the second highest jump in 2000. At the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000 he just missed a medal and finished fourth with 5.90 m - at the same height as the Olympic champion.

At the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton , Stolle was fourth again with 5.85 m, level with the silver medalist. In the same year he won the European Cup again in Bremen. At the World Indoor Championships in 2003 in Birmingham , he won the silver medal with 5.75 m. From 1992 to 2004 Stolle belonged to the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr in Cologne-Wahn and became chief sergeant . In 2004 he switched to the Mainz sports promotion group. At that time he missed the re-qualification for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , possibly in connection with a virus infection in the week before the decision at the German Championships in 2004. In 2005 he moved to Hamburger SV .

On December 20, 2006, Stolle announced that he would end his career in 2007. He announced that he would start an internship at the Bundeswehr media center in November 2007 and complete preparatory internships beforehand. He wanted to stay connected to the sport, but not work as a trainer. He later implemented this by conducting short TV interviews with the winners at the German Youth and Junior Championships, which are published on the website of the German Athletics Association. In view of Stolle's sporting record, national coach Herbert Czingon said on his departure: "For me Michael Stolle was always one of the great unfinished."

Michael Stolle has a competition weight of 85 kg with a height of 1.92 m. He is divorced and has two daughters. His first daughter was born on March 26, 1999. His younger daughter was born on July 25, 2003.

From 2003 until her death in 2016, he was in a relationship with ZDF reporter Jana Thiel .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Michael Stolle ends his career . Website of the German Athletics Association, December 20, 2006, accessed on July 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ Jana Thiel († 44): She died of cancer! Bunte , July 11, 2016, accessed July 11, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Stolle, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pole vaulter
DATE OF BIRTH 17th December 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Buxtehude