Torben Laidig
Torben Laidig 
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 Germany
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| birthday | 13th March 1994 (age 26) | |||||||||
| place of birth | Schwaebisch Hall , Germany | |||||||||
| job | Student (biochemistry) | |||||||||
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| discipline | Pole vault | |||||||||
| Best performance | 5.62 m (hall); 5.70 m (open air) | |||||||||
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LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen / TSG Tübingen , formerly: WGL Schwäbisch Hall / TSV Sulzdorf |
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| Trainer | Jochen Eberhart; Robert Phillips (USA) | |||||||||
| status | active | |||||||||
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| last change: July 24, 2018 | ||||||||||
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Torben Laidig (born March 13, 1994 in Schwäbisch Hall , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German athlete who specializes in the pole vault .
career path
Laidig received a scholarship and has been studying biochemistry in the USA since January 2014 .
Athletic career
Torben Laidig was a sport enthusiast from an early age and joined TSV Sulzdorf at the age of six . He does gymnastics, does athletics and also played handball from 2005 to 2008 before concentrating on athletics, especially the pole vault.
In 2011 Laidig won silver at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Trabzon .
In 2013 he became German U20 runner-up .
In 2015 Laidig became German U23 champion .
In 2016 he took 3rd place at the German Championships .
In 2017, Laidig won the 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in Austin (Texas) in his section on April 1st with a personal best of 5.70 m and with this height also met the norm for the World Championships in London .
Laidig is a member of the B-team of the German Athletics Association (DLV) and the DLV Junior Elite Team 2017.
Club affiliations
Laidig started for the WGL Schwäbisch Hall Athletics Community , his parent club has been TSV Sulzdorf since 2000 . The LAV Stadtwerke Tübingen with the parent club TSG Tübingen announced the arrival of Laidig from 2018.
Honors
- 2014: "Freshman Of The Year" at the Atlantic Coast Conference .
Personal best
- outdoor: 5.70 m Austin, Texas April 1, 2017
- Indoor: 5.62 m Blacksburg, Virginia , February 6, 2016
successes
- national
- 2013: German U20 runner-up
- 2015: German U23 champion
- 2016: 3rd place German championships
- international
- 2011: 2nd place at the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF)
Web links
- Torben Laidig in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Athlete profile on tfrrs.org
- Athlete profile on Leichtathletik.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Hartmut Ruffer: pole vaulter Torben Laidig: twelve-hour workload a day , Schwäbisch Hall, on. swp.de, July 11, 2014, accessed April 2, 2017
- ↑ Men's Pole Vault Section AU / C , at: tfrrs.org, accessed May 27, 2017
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| SURNAME | Laidig, Torben |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German pole vaulter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1994 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwäbisch Hall |