Sebastian Bayer (born 11 June 1986 in Aachen

Aachen

Aachen has historically been a spa town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Aachen was a favoured residence of Charlemagne, and the place of coronation of the Kings of Germany. Geographically, Aachen is the westernmost town of Germany, located along its borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, ...

, Germany

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...

) is a German long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

er best known for having history's second longest indoor long jump.

Career

He won the silver medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships. He also competed at the 2006 European Championships

2006 European Championships in Athletics

The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit"...

 and the 2008 Olympic Games

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump

-Qualifying round:Qualifying Performance 8.15 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.-Final:DNS — Did Not StartNM — No Mark...

 without reaching the final.

On 8 March 2009 at the European Indoor Track and Field Championships

European Indoor Championships in Athletics

The European Athletics Indoor Championships were held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games which had been held since 1966. Run by the European Athletic Association, the championships took place annually in different cities all over Europe until 1990, when it was changed...

 in Torino, Italy

Italy

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, Bayer long jumped 8.71 metre to win the gold medal. This is the second longest indoor long jump in history, behind Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis

Frederick Carlton "Carl" Lewis is an American former track and field athlete, who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 gold, and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were gold. His career spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and...

’ 8.79 metre world indoor record set on January 27, 1984 at the Millrose Games

Millrose Games

The Millrose Games is an annual indoor athletics meet held on the first Friday in February in New York City. They will be held at the Armory in Washington Heights in 2012, after having taken place in Madison Square Garden from 1914 to 2011...

 in New York City, NY. Bayer's jump also bested the European indoor record, formerly held by Yago Lamela

Yago Lamela

Santiago Lamela Tobío is a former Spanish athlete competing in the long jump. His greatest year was 1999, when he jumped 8.56 during the indoor season to win the silver medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships...

 from Spain, by 15 centimetres (5.9 in). His result is also superior to the German national outdoor record of 8.54 metre set at the 1980 Summer Olympic games

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 in Moscow

Moscow

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 by Lutz Dombrowski

Lutz Dombrowski

Lutz Dombrowski is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion.Dombrowski was the best ever long jumper from the former East Germany. After winning at the European cup in 1979 he won the gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympic games in Moscow. In 1982, he was European champion. He...

. Prior to this meet Bayer’s personal record was 8.17 metre.

Personal bests

Event	Best (m)	Wind	Venue	Date	Note(s)
Long jump (outdoor)	8.49	1.6 m/s	Ulm Ulm Ulm is a city in the federal German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the River Danube. The city, whose population is estimated at 120,000 , forms an urban district of its own and is the administrative seat of the Alb-Donau district. Ulm, founded around 850, is rich in history and...	July 4, 2009
Long jump (indoor)	8.71	N/A	Torino	March 8, 2009	ER, NR German records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Germany maintained by its national athletics federation, Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband ....

Key: ER = European record, NR = National record

Last updated September 15, 2010.

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