Dietmar Haaf
Dietmar Haaf ( born March 6, 1967 in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt ) is a former German long jumper
Life
He was 1986 World Junior Champion, eight-time German champion, most recently in 1996, and several times runner-up at other events in the country.
In 1989 he won silver at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest. The following year, he won at the European Indoor Championships in Glasgow and at the European Championships in Split with a width of 8.25 meters, achieved in the second attempt, and in 1991 he triumphed at the World Indoor Championships in Seville.
In the memorable contest the World Athletics Championships 1991 in Tokyo, as Mike Powell World Record (8.95 m ) in front of Carl Lewis won the gold medal, Haaf finished fourth. In 1992 he took part in the Olympic Games in Barcelona, but different in the qualifier. In 1994 he was in Paris for the second time European Indoor champion.
By March 2009, he held 8.25 m the German indoor record in long jump before he was replaced as the record holder Sebastian Bayer.
Dietmar Haaf is 1,79 m tall and weighed in his playing days 75 kg. First, he started for the TSF Ditzingen, before joining Salamander Kornwestheim 1987. In 1997, Haaf, who studied Mechanical Engineering in Stuttgart and Los Angeles, his career ended.
International results
Bests
- Long Jump: 8.25m, August 30, 1990, Split Hall: 8,25 m, February 26, 1989, Sindelfingen ( German record to March 2009)