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German pole vaulter
Tim Lobinger
Lobinger in 2007
Nationality
German Born (1972-09-03 ) 3 September 1972
Rheinbach ,
Germany Died 16 February 2023(2023-02-16) (aged 50)
Munich , Germany Country
GermanySport
Athletics Event
Pole vault Personal best
Pole vault: 6.00 m (1997)
Tim Lobinger (3 September 1972 – 16 February 2023) was a German pole vaulter.
Career
Lobinger's discipline was
pole vault and he was an elite competitor from the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters.
[1]
[2] His best medals were silver at the
1998 European Athletics Championships and the
2006 European Athletics Championships . He won bronze at the
2002 European Championships in Athletics and the
2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships .
Success eluded him at the
Olympics however. In
Atlanta in 1996 he placed seventh. In
Sydney in 2000 he achieved 13th, and in
Athens in 2004, eleventh. At the
2005 World Championships in
Helsinki he jumped over only 5.50 meters, well under his abilities.
Lobinger completed a
decathlon in 1999 and cleared 5.76 m in the pole vault – a
decathlon best for the ten-event contest.
[3]
Personal life and death
Lobinger was married to
triple jumper
Petra Lobinger (née Laux) from 1994 to 2003. He was the father of two children with her, Fee (born 1995) and
Tyger (born 1999), the latter of which plays as a professional footballer.
[4] He had another son, born in 2016, with Alina Lobinger (née Baumann) from whom he separated in 2017.
On March 3, 2017, Lobinger was diagnosed with
multiple myeloma .
[5] He died from cancer on 16 February 2023, at the age of 50.
[6]
Achievements
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Notes
Representing
West Germany
1990
World Junior Championships
Plovdiv ,
Bulgaria
20th (q)
4.70 m
Representing
Germany
1993
Universiade
Buffalo, United States
10th
5.30 m
World Championships
Stuttgart, Germany
32nd (q)
5.35 m
1994
European Indoor Championships
Paris, France
–
NM
European Championships
Helsinki, Finland
21st (q)
5.40 m
1995
World Indoor Championships
Barcelona, Spain
18th (q)
5.50 m
World Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
11th
5.40 m
1996
European Indoor Championships
Stockholm, Sweden
6th
5.65 m
Olympic Games
Atlanta, United States
7th
5.80 m
1997
World Indoor Championships
Paris, France
5th
5.75 m
World Championships
Athens, Greece
4th
5.80 m
1998
European Indoor Championships
Valencia, Spain
1st
5.80 m
European Championships
Budapest, Hungary
2nd
5.81 m
1999
World Championships
Seville, Spain
6th
5.70 m
2000
European Indoor Championships
Ghent, Belgium
8th
NM
Olympic Games
Sydney, Australia
13th
5.50 m
2002
European Indoor Championships
Vienna, Austria
1st
5.75 m
European Championships
Munich, Germany
3rd
5.80 m
2003
World Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
1st
5.80 m
World Championships
Paris, France
5th
5.80 m
2004
World Indoor Championships
Budapest, Hungary
5th
5.70 m
Olympic Games
Athens, Greece
11th
5.55 m
2005
European Indoor Championships
Madrid, Spain
3rd
5.80 m
World Championships
Helsinki, Finland
5th
5.50 m
2006
World Indoor Championships
Moscow, Russia
3rd
5.60 m
European Championships
Gothenburg, Sweden
2nd
5.65 m
2007
European Indoor Championships
Birmingham, United Kingdom
5th
5.51 m
World Championships
Osaka, Japan
8th
5.81 m
2008
World Indoor Championships
Valencia, Spain
5th
5.70 m
Olympic Games
Beijing, China
16th (q)
5.55 m
2011
European Indoor Championships
Paris, France
8th
5.41 m
See also
References
External links
International National People