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Klaus Lehnertz

Lehnertz at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	13 April 1938 (1938-04-13) (age 86) Solingen, Germany
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Achievements and titles
Personal best	5.10 m (1967)[1]
Medal record Representing  Germany Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Pole vault Representing  West Germany European Cup 1965 Stuttgart Pole vault 1967 Kiev Pole vault

Klaus Lehnertz (born 13 April 1938) is a retired West German pole vaulter. He competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal. He also won two medals at the European Cup in 1965-67, but placed only 13th and 9th at the European Championships in 1962 and 1966, respectively. Domestically he held West German outdoor (1959-61 and 1966-68) and indoor titles (1959, 1960 and 1964).^[1]

Lehnertz was educated as a skiing teacher, and starting from 1973 taught at the University of Kassel. In 1985 he defended a habilitation, and until 2003 worked as a professor of kinesiology and athletics coach. He also carried out research studies on golf stroke mechanics.^[1]

For his Olympic achievement Lehnertz was awarded the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt in 1964 and the Rudolf-Harbig-Gedächtnispreis in 1967. In 1972 he was a member of the IAAF athletics jury.^[1]

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