Björn Otto

German pole vaulter

Björn Otto

Björn Otto in 2007

Personal information

Born

(1977-10-16) October 16, 1977 (age 46)

Height

1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)

Weight

90 kg (198 lb)

Sport

Country

Germany

Sport

Athletics

Event

Pole Vault

Achievements and titles

Personal bests

Medal record

Olympic Games

	2012 London	Pole vault
World Championships
	2013 Moscow	Pole vault
World Indoor Championships
	2012 Istanbul	Pole vault
European Athletics Championships
	2012 Helsinki	Pole vault
European Indoor Championships
	2013 Göteborg	Pole vault
	2007 Birmingham	Pole vault
Universiade
	2005 Izmir	Pole vault
	2003 Daegu	Pole vault

Björn Otto (born 16 October 1977) is a retired German pole vaulter.

On 30 January 2013 in Cottbus, Germany, with the mark of 5.90 m, he set the masters world record M35.^[1]

Biography

His personal best is a jump of 6.01 metres, achieved on 5 September 2012 in Aachen.^[2] He cleared 5.92 metres indoors in February 2012 in Potsdam, and equaled it also at the German national indoor championships in Karlsruhe later that month. Arguably his biggest success was a second place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In the same year, he also won a silver medal at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2012 and a silver medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland in July 2012.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	8th	5.40 m
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	6th	5.50 m
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	7th	5.35 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	5.50 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (q)	5.65 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	4th	5.70 m
2005	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	1st	5.80 m
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	5.71 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	5th	5.81 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	16th (q)	5.55 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	5.80 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	5.92 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	5.91 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	5.76 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	5.82 m

^ "Björn Otto sets a new M35 pole vault world record". world-masters-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ "Otto jumps world season leading 6.01m in Aachen". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.