Tobias Scherbarth

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Scherbarth (left) at the 2015 DM

Tobias Scherbarth (born August 17, 1985 in Leipzig ) is a former German pole vaulter .

career path

Scherbarth studied at the German Sport University Cologne and, in addition to his diploma as a sports scientist, also has a master's degree in sports management. Scherbarth wants to stay in athletics as a trainer, manager or meeting organizer and initially began an A-trainer training at the Kienbaum Federal Training Center at the end of September 2018 .

Athletic career

Tobias Scherbarth began his sporting career at SC DHfK Leipzig , moved to LAZ Leipzig in 2000 and joined TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen in 2005 because of the better training conditions . Since then he has trained with Leszek Klima .

In his first year in Leverkusen, Scherbarth rose from 4.80 m to 5.42 m and over 5.55 m in 2006 to 5.60 m in 2007.

In 2008 he improved only marginally outdoors, he set his season best of 5.61 m on August 17, 2008 in Międzyzdroje , Poland , but at the beginning of the year he had already crossed 5.75 m indoors and was third in the indoor Become a European Cup in Moscow.

A further increase came in 2009, first in the hall in February in Stuttgart with 5.76 m and then outdoors to 5.70 m at the German championships in Ulm. He was nominated for the 2009 World Championships after finishing second . Five days later, on July 9, 2009, he broke his metatarsus at the Universiade in Belgrade and had to cancel his participation in the World Championships. In the indoor season he could not start because of the consequences of the break and did not compete again until May 2010. Scherbarth improved his personal best to 5.71 m at the pole vault meeting in Engen right at the start of the season . Another broken foot with a torn ligament on June 26, 2010 prevented the start of the best of the year among German pole vaulters at the European Championships in Barcelona.

After a long break from injury, his most successful years of competition followed, with Scherbarth winning his first national title at the German Championships in 2014 in Ulm, followed by the indoor title in the 2015 indoor season . In the same year he qualified for the World Championships , where he made it to the finals after a season best in the preliminary fight (5.70 m) and finished seventh.

In 2016, Scherbarth was again German champion in Kassel with 5.70 m and, by reaching the standard, secured participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where he was already eliminated in qualifying. Despite fulfilling the norm, he was not nominated for the European Athletics Championships in 2018 . At the cathedral jumping in Aachen 2018, Scherbarth contested his last competition and announced the end of his career.

Scherbarth is 1.95 m tall and had a competition weight of 81 kg. His hobbies are basketball and surfing .

Top performances

  • Pole vault (open air): 5.75 m, June 24, 2016, Leverkusen
  • Pole vault (hall): 5.76 m, February 7, 2009, Stuttgart

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Homepage of the German Sport University Cologne: Well-known students and alumni of the German Sport University Cologne
  2. ↑ a b c Harald Koken: Tobias Scherbarth says "Goodbye" in Aachen . Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft mbH - www.leichtathletik.de. September 6, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  3. ↑ Changeover period expired
  4. ↑ a b Peter Grau: Tobias Scherbarth - The "big ones" annoy . Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft mbH - www.leichtathletik.de. December 11, 2007. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  5. ↑ Anja Herrlitz: Broken foot in Tobias Scherbarth . Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft mbH - www.leichtathletik.de. July 9, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  6. ^ Sports information service: Tobias Scherbarth fears a long break . Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft mbH - www.leichtathletik.de. July 17, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2010.
  7. ↑ Anja Herrlitz: Tobias Scherbarth - Back with 5.71 meters . Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft mbH - www.leichtathletik.de. May 22, 2010. Retrieved May 22, 2010.
  8. ↑ sid / ne: Tobias Scherbarth unlucky - broken foot again . Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft mbH - www.leichtathletik.de. June 27, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
  9. ↑ Two days of Germany's top elite
  10. ↑ Pole vaulters miss the Olympic pole vault final
  11. ↑ Harald Koken: Tobias Scherbarth meets the EM norm . Deutsche Leichtathletik Promotion- und Projektgesellschaft mbH - www.leichtathletik.de. May 12, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  12. ↑ Harald Koken: Meeting record for Barber, best performance for Scherbarth on Leichtathletik.de
personal data
SURNAME Scherbarth, Tobias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pole vaulter
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig