Wolf-Hendrik Beyer

Wolf-Hendrik Beyer
Personal information
Born (1972-02-14) 14 February 1972
Düsseldorf, Germany
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight 82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) High jump
Club Bayer Leverkusen

Wolf-Hendrik Paul Beyer (born 14 February 1972 in Düsseldorf) is a retired German athlete who specialised in the high jump.[2] He represented his country at the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as two outdoor and one indoor World Championships. In addition, he won the bronze medal at the 1994 European Indoor Championships. He Beyer retired in 1996 although he made a brief comeback in 2006.[1]

His personal bests in the event are 2.28 metres outdoors (Rome 1994) and 2.38 metres indoors (Weinheim 1994).

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  West Germany
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 4th 2.23 m
Representing  Germany
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 15th 2.15 m
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 25th (q) 2.20 m
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Canada 7th 2.31 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 13th (q) 2.25 m
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd 2.33 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 17th (q) 2.24 m

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