Martin Buß (born 7 April 1976) is a German high jumper who won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is a five-time outdoor national champion for Germany in the men's high jump event and three-time champion at the German Indoor Athletics Championships.German Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
Biography Born in West Berlin, Buß took up the sport at the age of 17 and competed in his first World Championships in 1997, finishing ninth. At the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain he won a surprising bronze medal behind Vyacheslav Voronin and Mark Boswell. His jump of 2.32 metres was 5 cm behind the winner.
However, Buß came back two years later and won the gold medal at Edmonton with a jump of 2.36 m, beating Yaroslav Rybakov and old rival Voronin. Among the field which Martin beat was the legendary Javier Sotomayor. It marked a fine comeback after he suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon the year before.
He later missed both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics through injury, and retired in late 2006 because of the persistent injury problems.
International competitions Representing 1995European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary2nd2.19 m1997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland2nd2.24 mWorld ChampionshipsAthens, Greece9th2.29 m1998European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary4th2.32 m1999World Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan4th2.30 mWorld ChampionshipsSeville, Spain3rd2.32 m2000European Indoor ChampionshipsGhent, Belgium2nd2.34 m2001World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal6th2.25 mWorld ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada1st2.36 m2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany7th2.25 m
National titles German Athletics Championships High jump: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 German Indoor Athletics Championships High jump: 1999, 2000, 2001
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