Dietmar Haaf

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Dietmar Haaf (born March 6, 1967 in Bad Cannstatt) is a former (West) German long jumper.

He won the gold medal at the 1990 European Championships in Split in a personal best jummp of 8.25 metres. The following year he won the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Seville. He finished fourth at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo.

His personal best jump of 8.25 metres ranks him seventh among German long jumpers, behind Lutz Dombrowski, Frank Paschek, Josef Schwarz, Henry Lauterbach, Marco Delonge and Konstantin Krause. [1]

Haaf retired in 1997.

[edit] Achievements

Year Tournament Venue Result Extra
1986 World Junior Championships Athens, Greece 1st
European Championships Athens, Greece 10th
1988 European Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 5th
1989 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd
European Indoor Championships The Hague, Netherlands 5th
1990 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, Scotland 1st
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st 8.25 PB
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 2nd
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 4th
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 13th
1994 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 1st

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