Thomas Zacharias (athlete), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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German high jumper
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Place of Birth: Bad Harzburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
About Thomas Zacharias (athlete)
- Thomas Michael Zacharias (born 2 January 1947) is a German high jumper.
- He competed in the 1968 Olympics and finished in 14th place with a jump of 2.09 m.
- He set five national records (2.17 to 2.20 in 1970).
- His personal best is 2.22 m (world's best indoor 1971).Zacharias continues competing internationally, in the masters categories, where he set dozens of world records.
- Two of them, 2.00 m indoor and 1.98 m outdoor in the M50 age group, have stood since 1997.
- Zacharias is a lifelong proponent of the straddle technique in the high jump. (i) = indoors, WR = world record, ER = European record, NR = national record
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