Charles Friedek

Charles Friedek
Personal information
Full name	Charles Michael Friedek
Born	26 August 1971 (age 53); Gießen, West Germany
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Germany
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
European Championships
European indoor Championships

Charles Michael Friedek (born 26 August 1971 in Gießen) is a German triple jumper who became world champion in 1999 with a jump of 17.59 metres. He had already won the World Indoor Championships the same year, with an indoor PB of 17.18 metres.

In 2002, he won a silver medal at the European Championships with 17.33 metres. At the European Indoor Championships, he won a silver medal in 1998 and gold in 2000.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing West Germany
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	–	NM
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	12th	15.53 m
Representing Germany
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	14th (q)	16.71 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	4th	17.16 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	11th	16.86 m
	Universiade	Catania, Italy	5th	16.90 m
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	2nd	17.15 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	6th	17.04 m
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	1st	17.18 m
	Universiade	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	2nd	17.20 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	17.59 m
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	1st	17.28 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	9th (q)	16.93 m^[2]
2001	World Indoor Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	4th	17.13 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	17.33 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	–	NM
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	26th (q)	15.75 m
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	–	NM

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charles Friedek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
^ No mark in the final.

References

External links

Charles Friedek at Olympics.com

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[sports-reference-1] Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charles Friedek". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

[2] No mark in the final.

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