Katharina Bauer (born 12 June 1990 in Wiesbaden) is a German athlete specialising in the pole vault.[1] She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without qualifying for the final. In addition, she twice reached the final at the European Indoor Championships.

Katharina Bauer
Katharina Bauer in 2015
Personal information
Born (1990-06-12) 12 June 1990 (age 34)
Wiesbaden, West Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
ClubTSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Coached byLeszek Klima

Her personal bests in the event are 4.65 metres outdoors (Beckum (GER) and 4.60 metres indoors (Leverkusen 2015).

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing   Germany
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 6th 3.95 m
2011 European U23 Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 12th (q) 4.10 m1
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 8th 4.22 m
Universiade Kazan, Russia 5th 4.30 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 17th (q) 4.25 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 6th (q) 4.60 m1
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 14th (q) 4.40 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar NM

1No mark in the final

Personal life

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Having problems with abnormally fast heartbeat since her youth, she competes with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) in her chest.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Katharina Bauer at World Athletics  
  2. ^ "Heartbeat". Spikes. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.