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.
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) 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
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and eleventh at the
1997 World Championships. He also competed at the World Championships in
1995
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and
1999
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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
Halmstad
Halmstad () is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of the Nissan river, in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County. The ci ...
. This is the current Norwegian record.
Norwegian all-time list pole vault
References
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1970 births
Living people
Norwegian male pole vaulters
Sportspeople from Gjøvik
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