Oleg Zernikel
 at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Pole vault men qualification | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 16 April 1995 Almaty,Kazakhstan | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||
| Club | ASV Landau | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Jochen Wetter Andrei Tivontchik | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oleg Zernikel(born 16 April 1995 inAlmaty,Kazakhstan) is a German athlete specialising in the pole vault.[1]He represented his country at the2021 European Indoor Championshipsfinishing fourth. Earlier he won a bronze medal at the2014 World Junior Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 5.80 metres outdoors (Braunschweig 2021) and 5.81 metres indoors (Berlin 2022).
At the age of eleven, Zernikel came with his family from Kazakhstan to Landau in the Palatinate.[2]His father was a long and high jumper.[3]
International competitions
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing Germany
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| 2011 | World Youth Championships | Lille, France | 4th | 4.80 m |
| 2013 | European Junior Championships | Rieti, Italy | 6th | 5.15 m |
| 2014 | World Junior Championships | Eugene, United States | 3rd | 5.50 m |
| 2017 | European U23 Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 5th | 5.40 m |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 4th | 5.70 m |
| Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 9th | 5.70 m | |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 9th | 5.75 m |
| World Championships | Eugene, United States | 5th | 5.87 m | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 9th | 5.50 m | |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 14th (q) | 5.70 m |
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 3rd | 5.82 m |
References
[edit]- ^Oleg ZernikelatWorld Athletics
- ^"Oleg Zernikel und der harte Weg vom Talent zum gereiften Athleten".www.leichtathletik.de(in German). 12 February 2021.Retrieved17 March2021.
- ^Riegger, Nadja (12 February 2021)."Hohe Ziele – nicht nur im Studium".www.leichtathletik.de(in German).Retrieved6 May2020.
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