Tim Lobinger

Tim Lobinger (3 September 1972 – 16 February 2023) was a German pole vaulter.

Tim Lobinger

Lobinger in 2007
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1972-09-03)3 September 1972 Rheinbach, West Germany
Died	16 February 2023(2023-02-16) (aged 50) Munich, Germany
Sport
Country	Germany
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Pole vault: 6.00 m (1997) Pole vault: 5.95 m i (2000) Decathlon: 7,346[1] (1999)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing  Germany World Indoor Championships 2003 Birmingham Pole vault 2006 Moscow Pole vault European Championships 1998 Budapest Pole vault 2006 Gothenburg Pole vault 2002 Munich Pole vault European Indoor Championships 1998 Valencia Pole vault 2002 Vienna Pole vault 2005 Madrid Pole vault

Career

Lobinger's discipline was pole vault and he was an elite competitor from the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters.^[2][3] His best medals were silver at the 1998 European Athletics Championships and the 2006 European Athletics Championships. He won bronze at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics and the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

Success eluded him at the Olympics however. In Atlanta in 1996 he placed seventh. In Sydney in 2000 he achieved 13th, and in Athens in 2004, eleventh. At the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki he jumped over only 5.50 meters, well under his abilities.

Lobinger completed a decathlon in 1999 and cleared 5.76 m in the pole vault – a decathlon best for the ten-event contest.^[4]

Personal life and death

Lobinger was married to triple jumper Petra Lobinger (née Laux) from 1994 to 2003. He was the father of two children with her, Fee (born 1995) and Tyger (born 1999), the latter of which plays as a professional footballer.^[5] He had another son, born in 2016, with Alina Lobinger (née Baumann) from whom he separated in 2017.

On March 3, 2017, Lobinger was diagnosed with multiple myeloma.^[6] He died from cancer on 16 February 2023, at the age of 50.^[7]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  West Germany
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	20th (q)	4.70 m
Representing  Germany
1993	Universiade	Buffalo, United States	10th	5.30 m
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	32nd (q)	5.35 m
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	–	NM
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	21st (q)	5.40 m
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	18th (q)	5.50 m
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	11th	5.40 m
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	6th	5.65 m
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	7th	5.80 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th	5.75 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	5.80 m
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	1st	5.80 m
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	5.81 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	6th	5.70 m
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	8th	NM
	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	13th	5.50 m
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	1st	5.75 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	3rd	5.80 m
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	1st	5.80 m
	World Championships	Paris, France	5th	5.80 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	5th	5.70 m
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	11th	5.55 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	3rd	5.80 m
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	5.50 m
2006	World Indoor Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	5.60 m
	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	2nd	5.65 m
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	5th	5.51 m
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	8th	5.81 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	5th	5.70 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	16th (q)	5.55 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	8th	5.41 m

Personal bests

Indoor

Event	Performance	Location	Date
Pole vault	5.95 m (19 ft 6+1⁄4 in)	Chemnitz	18 February 2000

Outdoor

Event	Performance	Location	Date
Pole vault	6.00 m (19 ft 8 in)	Cologne	24 August 1997

Event	Performance	Location	Date	Points
Decathlon	—	Leverkusen	15–16 September 1999	7,346 points
100 meters	11.20	Leverkusen	15 September 1999	817 points
Long jump	6.65 m (21 ft 9+3⁄4 in)	Leverkusen	15 September 1999	732 points
Shot put	13.08 m (42 ft 10+3⁄4 in)	Leverkusen	15 September 1999	672 points
High jump	1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in)	Leverkusen	15 September 1999	776 points
400 meters	52.80	Leverkusen	15 September 1999	690 points
110 meters hurdles	14.78	Leverkusen	16 September 1999	876 points
Discus throw	42.86 m (140 ft 7+1⁄4 in)	Leverkusen	16 September 1999	723 points
Pole vault	5.76 m (18 ft 10+3⁄4 in)[8][a]	Leverkusen	16 September 1999	1,152 points
Javelin throw	45.33 m (148 ft 8+1⁄2 in)	Leverkusen	16 September 1999	520 points
1500 meters	5:32.38	Leverkusen	16 September 1999	388 points
Virtual Best Performance				7,346 points

^a Decathlon best

See also

• Germany all-time top lists – Pole vault