Björn Otto

Björn Otto
	Björn Otto in 2007
Personal information
Born	October 16, 1977 (age 47)
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole Vault
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Pole vault outdoor: 6.01 (2012); Pole vault indoor: 5.92 (2012);
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
European Athletics Championships
European Indoor Championships
Universiade

Björn Otto (born 16 October 1977) is a retired German pole vaulter.

On 30 January 2013 in Cottbus, Germany, with the mark of 5.90 m, he set the masters world record M35.^[1]

Biography

His personal best is a jump of 6.01 metres, achieved on 5 September 2012 in Aachen.^[2] He cleared 5.92 metres indoors in February 2012 in Potsdam, and equaled it also at the German national indoor championships in Karlsruhe later that month. Arguably his biggest success was a second place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In the same year, he also won a silver medal at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2012 and a silver medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland in July 2012.

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1999	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	8th	5.40 m
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	6th	5.50 m
2001	Universiade	Beijing, China	7th	5.35 m
2003	Universiade	Daegu, South Korea	3rd	5.50 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	11th (q)	5.65 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	4th	5.70 m
2005	Universiade	Izmir, Turkey	1st	5.80 m
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	3rd	5.71 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	5th	5.81 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	16th (q)	5.55 m
2012	World Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	5.80 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	2nd	5.92 m
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	2nd	5.91 m
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	5.76 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	5.82 m

^ "Björn Otto sets a new M35 pole vault world record". world-masters-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
^ "Otto jumps world season leading 6.01m in Aachen". european-athletics.org. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2012.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Paweł Wojciechowski	Men's Pole Vault Best Year Performance 2012	Succeeded by ^{[to be determined]}^{[needs update]}