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German long jumper (born 1967)
Dietmar Haaf (born 6 March 1967 in
Bad Cannstatt ) is a former (West) German
long jumper .
Career
He won the gold medal at the
1990 European Championships in Split in a personal best jump of 8.25 metres. The following year he won the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Seville. He finished fourth at the
1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo.
His personal best jump of 8.25 metres ranks him seventh among German long jumpers, behind
Lutz Dombrowski ,
Frank Paschek ,
Josef Schwarz ,
Henry Lauterbach ,
Marco Delonge and
Konstantin Krause .
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Haaf retired in 1997.
International competitions
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
Representing
West Germany
1986
European Indoor Championships
Madrid, Spain
15th
7.48 m
World Junior Championships
Athens ,
Greece
1st
7.93 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
European Championships
Stuttgart ,
West Germany
10th
7.48 m (wind: -1.1 m/s)
1987
World Championships
Rome, Italy
26th (q)
7.51 m
1988
European Indoor Championships
Budapest ,
Hungary
5th
7.79 m
1989
European Indoor Championships
The Hague ,
Netherlands
5th
7.96 m
World Indoor Championships
Budapest ,
Hungary
2nd
8.17 m
1990
European Indoor Championships
Glasgow ,
United Kingdom
1st
8.11 m
European Championships
Split ,
Yugoslavia
1st
8.25 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) PB
Representing
Germany
1991
World Indoor Championships
Seville ,
Spain
1st
8.15 m
World Championships
Tokyo ,
Japan
4th
8.22 m
1992
European Indoor Championships
Genoa ,
Italy
13th
7.69 m
Olympic Games
Barcelona, Spain
14th (q)
7.85 m
1994
European Indoor Championships
Paris ,
France
1st
8.15 m
European Championships
Helsinki ,
Finland
23rd (q)
7.55 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)
Note : Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.
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