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Trond Barthel (born 11 September 1970 in
Gjøvik is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Toten. The administrative centre of the municipality is town of Gjøvik. Some of the villages in Gjøvik include Biri, Bybrua, and Hunndalen. The ...
) is a retired Norwegian
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. He represented Gjøvik FIK. He finished fourth at the 1989 European Junior Championships, seventh at the
1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault. There were a total numb ...
and eleventh at the 1997 World Championships. He also competed at the World Championships in
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and
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without reaching the finals. He became Norwegian champion in the years 1989-1999. His personal best jump was 5.72 metres, achieved in July 1996 in
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. This is the current Norwegian record.Norwegian all-time list pole vault


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* 1970 births Living people Norwegian male pole vaulters Sportspeople from Gjøvik {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub