Martin Buß (born 7 April 1976) is a German

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er who won the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in

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. 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
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, Buß took up the sport at the age of 17 and competed in his first World Championships in

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, finishing ninth. At the 1999 World Championships in

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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

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. It marked a fine comeback after he suffered an injury to his Achilles tendon the year before. He later missed both the

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and

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through injury, and retired in late 2006 because of the persistent injury problems.

International competitions

National titles

* German Athletics Championships **High jump: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002 * German Indoor Athletics Championships **High jump: 1999, 2000, 2001

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Buss, Martin 1976 births Living people Athletes from Berlin German male high jumpers World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany World Athletics Championships winners