Robert Grabarz

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Grabarz after his victory at the European Championships in 2012

Robert Grabarz , often also Robbie Grabarz , (born October 3, 1987 in Enfield ) is a former British athlete .

As a high jumper in the youth and junior range, Grabarz belonged to the extended European top. At the Junior World Championships in 2006 he finished twelfth with 2.05 m. At the U23 European Championships in 2009, he finished eleventh with 2.18 m. By the end of 2011, his personal best was 2.28 m. His breakthrough to world class came on January 21, 2012 at the indoor meeting in Wuppertal, when he won the high jump competition with a height of 2.34 m.

Outdoors, Grabarz improved to 2.36 m in early June 2012. At the European Championships in Helsinki in 2012 only Grabarz and the Lithuanian Raivydas Stanys crossed the height of 2.31 m, Grabarz won the title because of the lower number of failed attempts. At the Olympic Games in London he won the bronze medal with a height of 2.29 m in front of a home crowd.

He won the silver medal at the 2016 European Championships in Amsterdam .

In May 2018 he announced his resignation.

Top performances

  • High jump: 2.36 meters, June 9, 2012 in New York City
    • High jump (hall): 2.34 meters, January 21, 2012 in Wuppertal

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Peter Bock: 2.34 meter sentence seals the end in Wuppertal on Leichtathletik.de (accessed on July 15, 2012)
  2. ↑ Top favorites do not stumble; Scrap strong eighth , HDsports.at, August 7, 2012
  3. ↑ Robbie Grabarz: Olympic high jump bronze medallist retires , bbc.com, May 17, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Grabarz, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grabarz, Robbie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd October 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Enfield