Raphael Marcel Holzdeppe (born 28 September 1989 in Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...

) is a German

Germany

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 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...

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He finished fifth at the 2006 World Junior Championships

2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics

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 and won the 2008 World Junior Championships

2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2008 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held in Bydgoszcz in Poland at the Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium between 8 and 13 July 2008....

. At the 2007 European Junior Championships

2007 European Athletics Junior Championships

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 he notably got no result, having no-heighted in the qualifying round.

His personal best jump is 5.80 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Biberach

Biberach

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. This is the world junior record. He holds the world junior indoor record with 5.68 metres, achieved in March 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

Halle, Saxony-Anhalt

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. As a result of this feat, he won the 2008 European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award.

He represents the sports club LAZ Zweibrücken.