Dietmar Mögenburg

Dietmar Mögenburg ( born August 15, 1961 in Leverkusen ) is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion.

Mögenburg was together with Carlo Thränhardt and Gerd Wessig (DDR ) is the determining German high jumper of the 1980s. His greatest achievement was the gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. In addition to his gold medal victory at the European Championships 1982 in Athens was his second great success outdoors. In the hall he was European champion five times (1980, 1982, 1984, 1986 and 1989 ), he also won two silver and one bronze medal in this competition. At the World Indoor Championships in 1989 he was beaten by Javier Sotomayor and won silver.

In 1980 he was one day after the Jacek Wszola had set a new world record with 2.35 m, equalize this. Two months later, Gerd Wessig (DDR ) jumped 2.36 m during the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. February 25, 1985 jumped Mögenburg world indoor record with 2.39 m in Cologne, his personal best.

Mögenburg had a competition weight of 79 kg at a height of 2.01 m. 1988 Rudolf Harbig Memorial Prize awarded him. Mögenburg, who ended his career in 1994 and professionally positioned in the sports promotion, now lives with his Norwegian wife in the Oslo suburb of Bærum. His son Jonas (* 1990) competes in the long jump ( Norwegian Champion 2008) and decathlon, the daughter of Catherine (* 1991) is active high jumper and starts for TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen.

International success (outdoor )

International success (Hall )

German Championships

• German master (outdoor ): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
• German master (Hall ): 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1989