Damian Kallabis

Damian Kallabis
Personal information
Born10 June 1973 (1973-06-10) (age 51)
Gliwice, Poland
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Budapest 3000 m steeplechase
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1998 Johannesburg 3000 m steeplechase

Damian Kallabis (born 10 June 1973 in Gliwice, Poland) is a retired German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.

In 1997 his personal best time was 8:37.35 minutes. The next year he sensationally[1] won the European Championships, lowering his personal best time to 8:13.10 minutes. He then won the steeplechase event at the 1998 IAAF World Cup.

In August 1999 he ran in 8:09.48 minutes in Zurich, beating the old German record of Hagen Melzer. This German record still stands.[2] He finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and fifteenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]

He became German steeplechase champion in 1998 and 2000, representing the team SCC Berlin. He later switched team to VfB Stuttgart.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Sensations-Gold für Kallabis". ARD (in German). 23 August 1998. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
  2. ^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Damian Kallabis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ German championships, men's 3000 m steeplechase



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