Björn Otto (born 16 October 1977) is a German retired pole vaulter.
On 30 January 2013 in Cottbus, Germany, with the mark of 5.90 m, he set the masters world record M35.
Biography His personal best is a jump of 6.01 metres, achieved on 5 September 2012 in Aachen. He cleared 5.92 metres indoors in February 2012 in Potsdam, and equaled it also at the German national indoor championships in Karlsruhe later that month. Arguably his biggest success was a second place at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In the same year, he also won a silver medal at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2012 and a silver medal at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland in July 2012.
Achievements 1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain8th5.40 m2000European Indoor ChampionshipsGhent, Belgium6th5.50 m2001UniversiadeBeijing, China7th5.35 m2003UniversiadeDaegu, South Korea 3rd5.50 m2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary11th (q)5.65 m2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain4th5.70 mUniversiadeİzmir, Turkey 1st5.80 m2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom 3rd5.71 mWorld ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan5th5.81 m2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany16th (q)5.55 m2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey 2nd5.80 mEuropean ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland 2nd5.92 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom 2nd5.91 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden 2nd5.76 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia 3rd5.82 m
See also Six metres club German records in athletics Germany all-time top lists – Pole vault List of world records in masters athletics
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