Danny Ecker
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Competitor for  Germany |
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| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2007 Osaka | Pole vault |
| European Indoor Championships | ||
| Gold | 2007 Birmingham | Pole vault |
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Danny Ecker (born 21 July 1977 in Leverkusen) is a German athlete competing in the pole vault.
[edit] Biography
His current personal best is 5.93 metres, but through his indoor best performance of 6.00 metres he has a place in the so-called 6 metres club. 5.93 ranks him fourth among German pole vaulters, behind Tim Lobinger, Andrei Tivontchik and Michael Stolle. [1]
He won a bronze medal at the 2007 IAAF World Championships and the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships and placed fourth at the 1999 World Championships. At the Olympic Games he finished eighth in 2000 and fifth in 2004. He won the 2007 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
Danny Ecker is the son of Heide Rosendahl, who became Olympic long jump champion in 1972, and US basketball player John Ecker. His team is Bayer 04 Leverkusen. Danny Ecker married in 2006. He has one daughter.
[edit] External links
- IAAF profile for Danny Ecker
- Leverkusen who's who
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- German pole vaulters
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- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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