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Oleg Zernikel

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Oleg Zernikel
Personal information
Born (1995-04-16) 16 April 1995 (age 29)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
ClubASV Landau
Coached byJochen Wetter
Andrei Tivontchik
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rome Pole vault

Oleg Zernikel (born 16 April 1995) is a German athlete specialising in the pole vault.[1] He represented his country at the 2021 European Indoor Championships finishing fourth. Earlier he won a bronze medal at the 2014 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

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Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Germany
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
Olympic Games Paris, France 9th 5.70 m

References

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  1. ^ Oleg Zernikel at World Athletics
  2. ^ "Oleg Zernikel und der harte Weg vom Talent zum gereiften Athleten". www.leichtathletik.de (in German). 12 February 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ^ Riegger, Nadja (12 February 2021). "Hohe Ziele – nicht nur im Studium". www.leichtathletik.de (in German). Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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