Rolf Beilschmidt
Appearance
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Rolf Beilschmidt (born 8 August 1953, in Jena) is a retired East German high jumper.
Beilschmidt represented the sports club SC Motor Jena, and became East German champion in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981.[1]
Beilschmidt's personal best high jump was 2.31 metres, achieved in August 1977 in Helsinki.[2]
Beilschmidt shares the decathlon world record in high jump with Christian Schenk at 2.27 m.
Achievements
Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Event |
---|---|---|---|---|
1975 | European Indoor Championships | Katowice, Poland | 6th | [3] |
1976 | European Indoor Championships | Munich, West Germany | 6th | [4] |
Olympic Games | Montreal, Canada | 7th | ||
1977 | European Indoor Championships | San Sebastián, Spain | 2nd | |
1978 | European Indoor Championships | Milan, Italy | 2nd | |
European Championships | Prague, Czechoslovakia | 3rd |
References
- ^ East German championships, men's high jump
- ^ World men's all-time best high jump (last updated 2001)
- ^ 1975 European Indoor Championships results, men's high jump final – Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
- ^ 1976 European Indoor Championships results, men's high jump final – Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite
Categories:
- 1953 births
- Living people
- People from Jena
- People from Bezirk Gera
- East German male high jumpers
- Sportspeople from Thuringia
- Olympic athletes of East Germany
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- People of the Stasi
- Universiade silver medalists for East Germany
- East German athletics biography stubs