Bo Kanda Lita Baehre
Appearance
![]() Bo Kanda Lita Baehre in 2022 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Düsseldorf, Germany | 29 April 1999
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Pole vault |
Club | ART Düsseldorf TSV Bayer Leverkusen |
Coached by | Christine Adams |
Medal record |
Bo Kanda Lita Baehre (born 29 April 1999) is a German athlete specialising in the pole vault.[1] He won a silver medal at the 2017 European U20 Championships.
His personal bests in the event are 5.90 metres outdoors (Berlin 2022) and 5.81 metres indoors (Düsseldorf 2022).
Personal life
[edit]Born in Germany, he is of DR Congolese descent through his father.[2][better source needed] He is a cousin of a British footballer, Leroy Lita.[3]
International competitions
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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Representing ![]() | ||||
2015 | European Youth Olympic Festival | Tbilisi, Georgia | 1st | 4.92 m |
2016 | European Youth Championships | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2nd | 5.30 m |
2017 | European U20 Championships | Grosseto, Italy | 2nd | 5.45 m |
2018 | World U20 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 4th | 5.50 m |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 15th (q) | 5.51 m | |
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 7th | 5.55 m |
European U23 Championships | Gävle, Sweden | 1st | 5.65 m | |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 4th | 5.70 m | |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 4th (q) | 5.60 m1 |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 11th | 5.70 m | |
2022 | World Championships | Eugene, Oregon | 7th | 5.87 m |
European Championships | Munich, Germany | 2nd | 5.85 m | |
2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 9th | 5.40 m |
2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | 14th (q) | 5.45 m |
1No mark in the final
References
[edit]- ^ Bo Kanda Lita Baehre at World Athletics
- ^ "Pole vault pirate Lita Baehre in top form ahead of the World Championships - World News | TakeToNews". June 27, 2022.
- ^ Koken, Harald (3 October 2017). "Bo Kanda Lita Baehre: Kometenhafter Aufstieg in perfektem Umfeld" (in German). Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
Categories:
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Düsseldorf
- German male pole vaulters
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Germany
- German national athletics champions
- German sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- LG Bayer Leverkusen athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Germany
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- German athletics biography stubs