Dietmar Haaf

Dietmar Haaf (born 6 March 1967 in Bad Cannstatt) is a former (West) German long jumper.

Dietmar Haaf

Personal information
Born	6 March 1967 (1967-03-06) (age 58) Bad Cannstatt, West Germany
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  West Germany World Indoor Championships 1989 Budapest Long jump European Championships 1990 Split Long jump European Indoor Championships 1990 Glasgow Long jump Representing  Germany World Indoor Championships 1991 Sevilla Long jump European Indoor Championships 1994 Paris Long jump

Career

He won the gold medal at the 1990 European Championships in Split in a personal best jump of 8.25 metres. The following year he won the gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Seville. He finished fourth at the 1991 World Championships in Athletics in Tokyo.

His personal best jump of 8.25 metres ranks him seventh among German long jumpers, behind Lutz Dombrowski, Frank Paschek, Josef Schwarz, Henry Lauterbach, Marco Delonge and Konstantin Krause.^[1][2]

Haaf retired in 1997.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  West Germany
1986	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	15th	7.48 m
	World Junior Championships	Athens, Greece	1st	7.93 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)
	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	10th	7.48 m (wind: -1.1 m/s)
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	26th (q)	7.51 m
1988	European Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	7.79 m
1989	European Indoor Championships	The Hague, Netherlands	5th	7.96 m
	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	8.17 m
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	1st	8.11 m
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	8.25 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) PB
Representing  Germany
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	1st	8.15 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	4th	8.22 m
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	13th	7.69 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	14th (q)	7.85 m
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	1st	8.15 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	23rd (q)	7.55 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)

Note: Results with a Q, indicate overall position in qualifying round.