
Rolf Beilschmidt (born 8 August 1953, in
Jena) is a retired
East German high jump
The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...
er.
Beilschmidt represented the sports club
SC Motor Jena, and became East German champion in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981.
Beilschmidt's personal best high jump was 2.31 metres, achieved in August 1977 in
Helsinki.
World men's all-time best high jump (last updated 2001)
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Beilschmidt shares the decathlon world record in high jump with Christian Schenk at 2.27 m.
Achievements
References
1953 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Jena
People from Bezirk Gera
East German male high jumpers
Olympic athletes for East Germany
Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
European Athletics Championships medalists
Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
People of the Stasi
Universiade silver medalists for East Germany
Medalists at the 1979 Summer Universiade
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