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Jul 05, 1957 Bad Lauchstädt, Saxony Anhalt, Germany 66 years old
German high jumper
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About Carlo Thränhardt
- Carlo Thränhardt (born 5 July 1957) is a retired German high jumper.
- He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984 and 1988.
- His best mark of 2.42 meters ranks him second on the indoor all-time list one-centimetre behind world record holder Javier Sotomayor of Cuba.
- The only superior outdoor performances are Sotomayor's world record of 2.45, and Mutaz Essa Barshim's clearance of 2.43 in 2014.
- Like all modern high jumpers, Thränhardt used the Fosbury Flop style, but of the 16 men in history to have cleared 2.40 meters (7 ft 10 1/2in) or higher, he was only the second to do so jumping off his right leg.
- The first was Igor Paklin.
- At the European Indoor Championships, he won a gold medal in 1983 and four silver medals (1981,84, 86,87).
- Outdoors, his best championship result was winning a bronze medal at the 1986 European Championships.
- He also reached the Olympic finals in 1984 and 1988.
