Uwe Langhammer

Uwe Langhammer ( born June 12, 1965 in Apolda as Uwe Roßmeisel ) was the last East German champion in the pole vault.

He began his career at SC Turbine Erfurt and SC Motor Jena joined in 1982. In 1985, he was charged with 5.30 m third in the East German athletics championships. From 1986 to 1990, he won five titles in a row. He improved twice the DDR record. The second record he achieved in the GDR Championships 1987 in Potsdam, this jump of 5.65 m was the highest leap in his career. Uwe Langhammer represented the GDR in 17 countries fighting, his greatest success was a third place at the World Cup 1989. In the public had become after the fall of documents to the state of doping in the GDR was found in the doped athletes also the name of Langhammer.

After the end of the GDR for the TuS Jena starting, he was among the first German Championship after the reunification of 5.40 m second behind Munich Bernhard Zintl. In 1991, Langhammer at an international contest for the DLV. The skilled precision engineer finished his career after the 1993 season.