Annika Becker (born 12 November 1981) is a retired German
pole vault
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the My ...
er.
Becker was born in
Rotenburg an der Fulda
Rotenburg an der Fulda (officially ''Rotenburg a.d. Fulda'') is a town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany lying, as the name says, on the river Fulda.
Geography
Location
The town lies south of the Stölzinger Gebi ...
. Her personal best is 4.77 metres, achieved in July 2002 in
Wattenscheid
Wattenscheid () is a Stadtbezirk of the city of Bochum. Until 1975, it was a separate town in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia. Wattenscheid has a population of about 80,000 citizens. Some notable firms have their headquarters in there, ...
. This was the German national record until 12 July 2011.
Achievements
See also
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Germany all-time top lists - Pole vault
External links
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1981 births
Living people
People from Rotenburg an der Fulda
Sportspeople from Kassel (region)
German female pole vaulters
World Athletics Championships medalists
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