Katharina Bauer (born 12 June 1990 in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden form ...

) is a German athlete specialising in the

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. She represented her country at the 2019 World Championships in Doha without qualifying for the final. In addition, she twice reached the final at the European Indoor Championships. Her personal bests in the event are 4.65 metres outdoors (Beckum (GER) and 4.60 metres indoors (Leverkusen 2015).

International competitions

¹No mark in the final

Personal life

Having problems with abnormally fast heartbeat since her youth, she competes with an

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(ICD) in her chest.

References

1990 births Living people German female pole vaulters World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany Sportspeople from Wiesbaden Athletes from Darmstadt (region) 21st-century German sportswomen {{Germany-polevault-bio-stub