Floé Kühnert is a former German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 pole vault

Pole vault

Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...

er. She was successful at a junior level, winning a silver medals at the 1999 World Youth Championships

1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics

The 1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics was the first edition of the World Youth Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from July 16 to July 18, 1999.-Boys:-Girls:-Medals table:...

, the gold medal at the 2002 World Junior Championships

2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2002 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Kingston, Jamaica from July 16 to July 21, 2002.-Men:-Women:-Medals table:...

, and silver at the 2003 European Junior Championships. She competed at the 2004 Olympic Games

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Women's Pole Vault

The Women's Pole Vault event at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Athens Olympic Stadium August 21 and August 24.-Medalists:-Schedule:*All times are Eastern European Time -Abbreviations:...

, but did not reach the final.

Her personal best was 4.41 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Mannheim

Mannheim

Mannheim is a city in southwestern Germany. With about 315,000 inhabitants, Mannheim is the second-largest city in the Bundesland of Baden-Württemberg, following the capital city of Stuttgart....

. As of September 2006, this placed her tenth on the German all-time list in pole vault, behind Annika Becker

Annika Becker

Annika Becker is a retired German pole vaulter.Her personal best is 4.77 metres, achieved in July 2002 in Wattenscheid. This was the German national record until 12 July 2011.-Achievements:-External links:...

, Yvonne Buschbaum, Carolin Hingst

Carolin Hingst

Carolin Tamara Hingst is a German pole vaulter.She finished 10th at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, fourth at the 2005 European Indoor Athletics Championships in Madrid and 10th at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki.Her personal best is 4.72 metres, achieved in July 2010 in...

, Anastasija Reiberger

Anastasija Reiberger

Anastasija Reiberger, née Ryjikh is a Russian-born German pole vaulter. She is the older sister of fellow pole vaulter Lisa Ryzih. Her greatest success was the gold medal in the 1999 World Indoor Championships....

, Silke Spiegelburg

Silke Spiegelburg

Silke Spiegelburg is a German pole vaulter. She is the younger sister of Richard Spiegelburg. She represented Germany at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008, as well as having competed at the World Championships in Athletics...

, Julia Hütter

Julia Hütter

Julia Hütter is a female pole vaulter from Germany. She set her personal best on 10 August 2007 at a meet in Leverkusen.-Achievements:-References:*...

, Nicole Humbert

Nicole Humbert

Nicole Humbert, née Rieger is a retired German pole vaulter.Her personal best is 4.51 metres, achieved in July 2001 in Salamanca. This ranks her seventh among German pole vaulters, behind Annika Becker, Yvonne Buschbaum, Carolin Hingst, Anastasija Reiberger, Silke Spiegelburg and Julia Hütter...

, Martina Strutz

Martina Strutz

Martina Strutz is a German pole vaulter.She finished fifth at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Santiago, fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and fourth at the 2006 IAAF World Cup in Athens....

 and Christine Adams

Christine Adams (athlete)

Christine Adams is a German pole vaulter. She won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and a bronze medal at the 2000 European Indoor Championships.Her personal best is 4.42 metres, achieved in June 2001 in Weissach...

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She ended her career in 2007 and commenced medical studies in Cologne

Cologne

Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...

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External links

• Floé Kühnert at Leverkusen - Who's Who