1. Silke Spiegelburg represented Germany at the Summer Olympics in 2004,2008 and 2012, as well as having competed at the World Championships in Athletics.
11 Facts About Silke Spiegelburg
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Silke Spiegelburg is a European silver medallist in the event both indoors and outdoors.
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Silke Spiegelburg competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics at the age of eighteen and set a world junior record for the pole vault in 2005.
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Silke Spiegelburg reached the final of the event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics the following year, but managed only eighth place.
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Silke Spiegelburg set a world junior record mark in the pole vault in August 2005, clearing 4.48 m in Munster.
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Silke Spiegelburg reached the final at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships and went on to finish sixth in the pole vault final at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg.
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Silke Spiegelburg made her debut at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics, but did not get past the qualifying stage.
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Silke Spiegelburg came seventh at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and equalled her outdoor best at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final to take the gold medal.
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Silke Spiegelburg won the bronze medal at the 2009 European Team Championships in June and went on to claim the national pole vault title at the 2009 German Athletics Championships the following month.
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Silke Spiegelburg was narrowly defeated by Svetlana Feofanova at the 2010 European Team Championships, but then beat Lisa Ryzih to claim another national title at the German Championships.
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Silke Spiegelburg was behind Feofanova at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, but was ahead of Ryzih, and she left the competition with a European silver medal.