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Carlo Thrรคnhardt (German pronunciation: [หkaสlo หtสษหnหhaสt], โ; born 5 July 1957) is a retired German high jumper. He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984 and 1988. His best mark of 2.42 metres ranks him second on the indoor all-time list one-centimetre behind world record holder Javier Sotomayor of Cuba. The only superior outdoor performances are Sotomayor's world record of 2.45 m, and Mutaz Essa Barshim's clearance of 2.43 m in 2014. Like all modern high jumpers, Thrรคnhardt used the Fosbury Flop style, but of the 16 men in history to have cleared 2.40 m or higher, he was only the second to do so jumping off his right leg. The first was Igor Paklin. At the European Indoor Championships, he won a gold medal in 1983 and four silver medals (1981,84, 86,87). Outdoors, his best championship result was winning a bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships. He also reached the Olympic finals in 1984 and 1988.
Career
editThrรคnhardt was born in Bad Lauchstadt, Saxony-Anhalt. He won the British AAA Championships title in the high jump event at the 1980 AAA Championships[1][2] and achieved his personal best performance in outdoor competitions with 2.37 m on 2 September 1984 in Rieti. This result is also the German outdoor record.[3]
Thrรคnhardt was particularly well known for his prowess during the indoor track & field seasons. He set a total of three world indoor records. His first record jump was recorded on February 24, 1984, in the Schรถneberger sports hall during which he achieved a mark of 2.37m. On January 16, 1987, in Simmerath, Germany he became the first man to clear 2.40 m indoors. This mark bested his countryman Dietmar Mรถgenburg's record of 2.39 m set in Cologne, Germany (1985).
On February 26, 1988, he set his last world indoor record of 2.42 m in the Schรถneberger sports hall. By this time, the requirement for a roofless arena had recently been stricken from the world record (commonly known as "world outdoor record") rules, so this mark was also recognised as equalling Patrik Sjรถberg's world record. It remained a world record until September 1988, when it was beaten by Javier Sotomayor (2.43 m), and a world indoor record until March 1989, when Sotomayor repeated this performance indoors. In 1990, roofs were again banned for world records, and Thrรคnhardt's 2.42 m was retroactively removed from all official outdoor record and performance lists. Although roofs have once again been allowed (from 1998), this record (which would still be a European record shared with Sjรถberg, as well as the German record) has not been retroactively reinstated. The second highest jump ever indoors, it remains the European indoor record.
Jumping as a masters athlete, Thrรคnhardt set the M55 World Record at 1.87 m at the Flopfest meet in Eberstadt, Germany.[4]
Carlo Thrรคnhardt was firstly a member of ASV Kรถln, later moving to LG Bayer Leverkusen. He had a match weight of 85ย kg (187ย lb) and is 1.99 m (6ย ft 6 in) tall.[citation needed]
In 2004 he participated in the RTL version of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!.
He holds the world record in the Masters 55 age group. He set this world record on 24 August 2013 in Eberstadt with 1.90 m. This was an improvement on his former world record of 1.88 m also set in 2013.[5]
National titles
edit- West German Athletics Championships
- High jump: 1986
- West German Indoor Athletics Championships
- High jump: 1977, 1978, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988
- German Indoor Athletics Championships
- High jump: 1991
International competitions
edit- NM = no mark
- Results with a (q) indicate overall position in qualifying round.
- Results in parentheses indicate height achieved in qualifying round.
References
edit- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
- ^ "Masterstrack.comย ยป Carlo Thrรคnhardt crushes legendary world record in high jump". masterstrack.com. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "Carlo Thrรคnhardt in Eberstadt in Rekordlaune". www.leichtathletik.de | Das Leichtathletik-Portal. 24 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
External links
edit- Carlo Thrรคnhardt at World Athletics
- Carlo Thrรคnhardt at Olympics.com
- Carlo Thrรคnhardt at Olympedia
- Carlo Thrรคnhardt at InterSportStats
