Sebastian Bayer (born 11 June 1986) is a German long jumper best known for having history's second longest indoor long jump.
Biography Bayer was born on 11 June 1986 in Aachen, West Germany. He won the silver medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final.
On 8 March 2009 at the European Indoor Track and Field Championships in Turin, Italy, Bayer long jumped to win the gold medal. This is the second longest indoor long jump in history, behind Carl Lewis' world indoor record set on 27 January 1984 at the Millrose Games in New York City, United States. Bayer's jump also bested the European indoor record, formerly held by Yago Lamela from Spain, by . His result is the best by any German, as it is further than the German national outdoor record of set at the 1980 Summer Olympic games in Moscow by Lutz Dombrowski. Prior to this meet Bayer's personal record was .Athletics Weekly: Bayer astounds as Russia dominate in Turin Millrose Decade by Decade - 1978-1987
Competition record Representing 2004World Junior ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy17th (q)7.27 m (wind: +0.1 m/s)2005European Junior ChampionshipsKaunas, Lithuania2nd7.73 m2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden20th (q)7.66 m2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China23rd (q)7.77 m2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy1st8.71 m (AR)World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany19th (q)7.98 m2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France1st8.16 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea8th8.17 m2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland1st8.34 mOlympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom5th8.10 m2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden9th (q)7.91 mWorld ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia9th7.98 m2014European ChampionshipsZurich, Switzerland23rd (q)7.56 m
Personal bests EventBest (m)WindVenueDateNote(s)Long jump (outdoor)8.49 m1.6 m/s Ulm, Germany4 July 2009 Long jump (indoor)8.71 mN/ATurin, Italy8 March 2009ER, NR
Key: ER = European record, NR = National record
Last updated 15 September 2010.
See also List of European records in athletics
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