Jeff Hartwig

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Jeff Hartwig (Born:25 September 1967 in St. Louis) is an American pole vaulter.

In 1998 he set two North American records with 6.00 and 6.01 metres. The latter was an improvement of 16 centimetres from his personal best of 5.85 m from 1997. In 1999 he won US national championships by improving his own record to 6.02 metres, and his current North American record of 6.03 metres followed in 2000. His personal best indoor is 6.02 metres, also an area record. Only Sergei Bubka has jumped higher in an indoor competition.

With 5.86 metres from 4 July 2004 Hartwig holds the world's best performance for men over 35 years.

Jeff vaulted collegiately for Florissant Valley Community College and Arkansas State University.

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 12th
1998 Goodwill Games Uniondale, United States 1st 6.01 m AR, =CR
1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 2nd
2002 World Cup Madrid, Spain 2nd
2003 World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 4th
2004 World Athletics Final Monte Carlo, Monaco 6th

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