Jacqueline Otchere

Jacqueline Otchere
Otchere in 2018
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1996-05-05) 5 May 1996 (age 28)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole Vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Pole Vault: 4.60m (London, 2018)

Jacqueline Otchere (born 5 May 1996) is a German pole vaulter. She is a multiple German champion at the pole vault.[1]

Career

She started athletics at eight years-old and would train with her brothers Julian and Colin at ASV Eppelheim near Heidelberg. She took up the pole vault in 2015.[2]

In June 2018, she won the U23 German Championships in Heilbronn, and represented her country for the first time at the World Cup in London where she set a new personal best clearance of 4.60m. In July 2018, she won her first senior national pole vault title and then was selected for her first major championships, competing at the 2018 European Athletics Championships in Berlin.[3]

Otchere won her second German pole vault national championship title on 4 June 2021.[4] The following year she claimed her first German national indoor title, winning in Leipzig in February 2022.[5]

Competing at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon, she reached the final with a 4.50m clearance.[6] In the final she finished tenth overall with a 4.45m clearance.[7]

She was selected for the 2024 European Athletics Championships in Rome.[8]

Personal life

Otchere studied biological sciences at the University of Heidelberg.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Jacqueline Otchere". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. ^ Eisenhofer, Thorsten (July 19, 2018). "Julian and Jacqueline: The Otchere siblings take off". Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. ^ Reitze, Jan Henner (24 October 2018). "Jacqueline Otchere - The high-flyer". Leichathletik. Retrieved 5 July 2023.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Otchere takes second pole vault championship title". ev-online.de. 4 June 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ^ "STABHOCH FRAUEN". Leichtathletik.de. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  6. ^ "Post-nominated Otchere in the IAAF World Championships baton final". sport.de. July 16, 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  7. ^ "US athletes dominate at the World Championships in Athletics in Eugene". newsingermany.com. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  8. ^ "DLV vergibt weitere EM-Startplätze für Rom an Normerfüller und Staffelmitglieder". Leichtathletikaccessdate=29 May 2024. 29 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Zwölf Fragen an… Jacqueline Otchere". Leichathletik. 6 April 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2023.


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