Gerd Nagel (born 22 October 1957 in Sulingen, Lower Saxony) is a retired West German high jumper.
Biography He won the 1979 Summer Universiade and finished fourteenth at the 1987 World Championships. At the European Indoor Championships he won the silver in 1983 and a bronze in 1990,European Indoor Championships (Men) - GBR Athletics and finished fourth in 19821982 European Indoor Championships - men's high jump - Die Leichtatletik Statistik-Seite and thirteenth in 1988.1988 European Indoor Championships - men's high jump - Die Leichtatletik Statistik-Seite
He represented the sports teams LG Frankfurt and Eintracht Frankfurt and became West German champion in 1979. He also took silver medals in 1980, 1982, 1988 and 1989—every time behind Dietmar Mögenburg—and bronze medals in 1981 and 1987. At the West German indoor championships, Nagel won in 1982 and 1983, took silver in 1986 and 1988, ad bronze in 1987.
His personal best jump was 2.35 metres, achieved in August 1988 in Forbach. This result ranks him fifth among German high jumpers, behind Carlo Thränhardt, Gerd Wessig, Dietmar Mögenburg and Martin Buß. He had a better indoor jump with 2.36 metres, achieved in March 1989 in Sulingen. The Internationales Hochsprung-Meeting Eberstadt in June 1979, when Nagel, Thränhardt and Mögenburg improved the West German record from 2.26 m to 2.30 m, marked the first time three jumpers had cleared this height in the same competition.
International competitions Representing 1979European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria4th2.24 mUniversiadeMexico City, Mexico1st2.28 m1980European Indoor ChampionshipsSindelfingen, West Germany13th2.19 m1981UniversiadeBucharest, Romania3rd2.25 mWorld CupRome, Italy2nd2.26 m11982European Indoor ChampionshipsMilan, Italy4th2.28 mEuropean ChampionshipsAthens, Greece3rd2.24 m1983European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary2nd2.30 mUniversiadeEdmonton, Canada18th2.15 m1984Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States18th (q)2.18 m1985World Indoor GamesParis, France8th2.21 mUniversiadeKobe, Japan3rd2.21 m1986European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain12th2.26 m1987World ChampionshipsRome, Italy14th2.20 m1988European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary13th2.15 m1990European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom3rd2.30 m 1Representing Europe
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