Klaus Lehnertz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Klaus Lehnertz

German pole vaulter

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1938

Place of Birth: Solingen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Profession: university teacher, athletics competitor, pole vaulter

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Klaus Lehnertz (born 13 April 1938) is a retired West German pole vaulter.
He competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal.
He also won two medals at the European Cup in 1965-67, but placed only 13th and 9th at the European Championships in 1962 and 1966, respectively.
Domestically he held West German outdoor (1959-61 and 1966-68) and indoor titles (1959, 1960 and 1964).Lehnertz was educated as a skiing teacher, and starting from 1973 taught at the University of Kassel.
In 1985 he defended a habilitation, and until 2003 worked as a professor of kinesiology and athletics coach.
He also carried out research studies on golf stroke mechanics.For his Olympic achievement Lehnertz was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt in 1964 and the Rudolf-Harbig-Gedächtnispreis in 1967.
In 1972 he was a member of the IAAF athletics jury.