Paul Meier (athlete)

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Paul Meier (born July 27, 1971 in Velbert , Mettmann district ) is a former German athlete and Olympic participant who was a successful decathlete in the 1990s . In the 1992 Olympics he finished sixth at the World Championships in 1993 he finished third. Paul Meier was a member of TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen . With a height of 1.96 m, he had a competition weight of 92 kg. Meier ended his sports career in 1999.

Assignments at international highlights in detail

  • 1990, Junior World Championships: 8th place (7198 points)
  • 1992, Olympic Games: 6th place (8192 points: 10.75 s - 7.54 m - 15.34 m - 2.15 m - 48.33 s - 15.22 s - 42.14 m - 4.60 m - 55.44 m - 4: 38.21 min)
  • 1992, European Indoor Championships: 5th place in the heptathlon (6023 points: 6.98 s - 7.45 m - 15.10 m - 2.10 m - 8.62 s - 4.70 m - 2: 40.4 min)
  • 1993, World Championships: 3rd place (8548 points: 10.57 s - 7.57 m - 15.45 m - 2.15 m - 47.73 s - 14.63 s - 45.72 m - 4.60 m - 61.22 m - 4: 32.05 min)
  • 1995, World Championships 1995 : abandoned after the third discipline; 1st place in the all-around world cup (8366 points)

Private

Paul Meier became a project engineer for plastics technology and has been working in key account management for a software company since 2005 . On April 30, 2004 he married the former high jumper Heike Henkel , with whom he has a daughter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IAAF athlete profile
personal data
SURNAME Meier, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German athlete and Olympian
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Velbert , Mettmann district