# Tim Lobinger > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Lobinger > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tim_Lobinger.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lobinger > Source revision: 1343218781 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|German pole vaulter (1972–2023)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = | name = | full_name = | image = TimLobinger.jpg | caption = Lobinger in 2007 | nationality = [German](/source/Germany) | sport = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_Athletics) | event = [Pole vault](/source/Pole_vault) | club = | birth_date = {{birth date|1972|9|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Rheinbach](/source/Rheinbach), [West Germany](/source/West_Germany) | death_date = {{death date and age|2023|2|16|1972|9|3|df=yes}} | death_place = [Munich](/source/Munich), Germany | height = | weight = | pb = Pole vault: 6.00 m (1997)
Pole vault: 5.95 m {{AthAbbr|i}} (2000)
Decathlon: 7,346{{cite web | title=Decathletes on Decathlonpedia.com | access-date=6 July 2025 | url=https://decathlonpedia.com/decathlon/year/1999/page-6 | work=decathlonpedia.com | archive-date=6 July 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250706104932/https://decathlonpedia.com/decathlon/year/1999/page-6 | url-status=live }} (1999) | country = {{flagicon|GER}} Germany | medaltemplates= {{Medal|Sport|Men's [athletics](/source/Sport_of_Athletics)}} {{Medal|Country|{{GER}}}} {{Medal|Competition|[World Indoor Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)}} {{Medal|Gold |[2003 Birmingham](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)|[Pole vault](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault)}} {{Medal|Bronze |[2006 Moscow](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)|[Pole vault](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault)}} {{Medal|Competition|[European Championships](/source/European_Championships_in_Athletics)}} {{Medal|Silver|[1998 Budapest](/source/1998_European_Championships_in_Athletics)|[Pole vault](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault)}} {{Medal|Silver|[2006 Gothenburg](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships)|[Pole vault](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault)}} {{Medal|Bronze|[2002 Munich](/source/2002_European_Championships_in_Athletics)|[Pole vault](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault)}} {{Medal|Competition|[European Indoor Championships](/source/European_Indoor_Championships_in_Athletics)}} {{Medal|Gold|[1998 Valencia](/source/1998_European_Indoor_Athletics_Championships)|[Pole vault](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault)}} {{Medal|Gold|[2002 Vienna](/source/2002_European_Indoor_Athletics_Championships)|[Pole vault](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault)}} {{Medal|Bronze|[2005 Madrid](/source/2005_European_Indoor_Athletics_Championships)|[Pole vault](/source/2005_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault)}} }} '''Tim Lobinger''' (3 September 1972 – 16 February 2023) was a German pole vaulter. == Career == Lobinger's discipline was [pole vault](/source/pole_vault) and he was an elite competitor from the 1990s. His best results came in 1997 and 1999 when he jumped over 6.00 meters, becoming the first German to join the [six metres club](/source/six_metres_club).{{cite web|url=http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/nrs/GER_Men.html|title=National Lists of Germany (Men)|publisher=apulanta.fi|accessdate=23 February 2013|archive-date=11 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811063704/http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/nrs/GER_Men.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mpoleok.htm#3|title=All-time men's best pole vault (indoor jumps)|publisher=alltime-athletics.com|accessdate=23 February 2013|archive-date=26 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726183124/http://www.alltime-athletics.com/mpoleok.htm#3|url-status=live}} His best medals were silver at the [1998 European Athletics Championships](/source/1998_European_Championships_in_Athletics) and the [2006 European Athletics Championships](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships). He won bronze at the [2002 European Championships in Athletics](/source/2002_European_Championships_in_Athletics) and the [2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships). Success eluded him at the [Olympics](/source/Olympic_Games) however. In [Atlanta](/source/1996_Summer_Olympics) in 1996 he placed seventh. In [Sydney](/source/2000_Summer_Olympics) in 2000 he achieved 13th, and in [Athens](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics) in 2004, eleventh. At the [2005 World Championships](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki) he jumped over only 5.50 meters, well under his abilities. Lobinger completed a [decathlon](/source/decathlon) in 1999 and cleared 5.76 m in the pole vault – a [decathlon best](/source/decathlon_best) for the ten-event contest.van Kuijen, Hans (12 September 2013). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/preview/eaton-and-melnychenko-lead-talence-fields-lav Eaton and Melnychenko lead Talence fields, Lavillenie to make Decathlon debut – IAAF Combined Events Challenge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915072014/http://www.iaaf.org/news/preview/eaton-and-melnychenko-lead-talence-fields-lav |date=15 September 2013 }}. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-09-12. == Personal life and death == Lobinger was married to [triple jump](/source/triple_jump)er [Petra Lobinger](/source/Petra_Lobinger) (née Laux) from 1994 to 2003. He was the father of two children with her, Fee (born 1995) and [Tyger](/source/Lex-Tyger_Lobinger) (born 1999), the latter of which plays as a professional footballer.{{cite news |last=Buschmann |first=Heiko |url=http://www.fussball.de/newsdetail/lex-tyger-lobinger-kicken-statt-hochsprung/-/article-id/193819 |title=Lex-Tyger Lobinger: Kicken statt Hochsprung |trans-title=Lex-Tyger Lobinger: Kicking instead of high jump |work=Fussball.de |date=10 October 2018 |access-date=8 May 2021 |language=de}} He had another son, born in 2016, with Alina Lobinger (née Baumann) from whom he separated in 2017. On March 3, 2017, Lobinger was diagnosed with [multiple myeloma](/source/multiple_myeloma).{{cite web |url=https://www.stern.de/sport/sportwelt/tim-lobinger--eine-mutierte-form-des-krebs-ist-zurueckgekehrt-7934692.html |author=Mathias Schneider, Anika Geisler |title=Eine Prognose mag bei Tim Lobinger niemand mehr abgeben |work=stern.de |date=2018-04-11 |access-date=2018-04-11 |language=de}} He died from cancer on 16 February 2023, at the age of 50.[https://www.liebenswert-magazin.de/tim-lobinger-ist-nach-erneuter-krebsdiagnose-gestorben-9660.html Laut Medienberichten Tim Lobinger ist nach erneuter Krebsdiagnose gestorben] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230216194938/https://www.liebenswert-magazin.de/tim-lobinger-ist-nach-erneuter-krebsdiagnose-gestorben-9660.html |date=16 February 2023 }} {{in lang|de}} ==Achievements== {|{{AchievementTable}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{FRG}} |- |1990 |[World Junior Championships](/source/1990_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Plovdiv](/source/Plovdiv) |20th (q) |[4.70 m](/source/1990_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- !colspan="6"|Representing {{GER}} |- |rowspan=2|1993 |[Universiade](/source/Athletics_at_the_1993_Summer_Universiade) |[Buffalo](/source/Buffalo%2C_New_York) |10th |[5.30 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1993_Summer_Universiade_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[World Championships](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Stuttgart](/source/Stuttgart) |32nd (q) |[5.35 m](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|1994 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/1994_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Paris](/source/Paris) | – |[NM](/source/1994_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[European Championships](/source/1994_European_Athletics_Championships) |[Helsinki](/source/Helsinki) |21st (q) |[5.40 m](/source/1994_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|1995 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/1995_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Barcelona](/source/Barcelona) |18th (q) |[5.50 m](/source/1995_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[World Championships](/source/1995_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg) |11th |[5.40 m](/source/1995_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|1996 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/1996_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Stockholm](/source/Stockholm) |6th |[5.65 m](/source/1996_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics) |[Atlanta](/source/Atlanta) |7th |[5.80 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|1997 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/1997_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Paris](/source/Paris) |5th |[5.75 m](/source/1997_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[World Championships](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Athens](/source/Athens) |4th |[5.80 m](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|1998 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Valencia](/source/Valencia) |bgcolor=gold|1st |[5.80 m](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[European Championships](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Championships) |[Budapest](/source/Budapest) |bgcolor=silver|2nd |[5.81 m](/source/1998_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |1999 |[World Championships](/source/1999_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Seville](/source/Seville) |6th |[5.70 m](/source/1999_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|2000 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/2000_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Ghent](/source/Ghent) |8th |[NM](/source/2000_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics) |[Sydney](/source/Sydney) |13th |[5.50 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|2002 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Vienna](/source/Vienna) |bgcolor=gold|1st |[5.75 m](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[European Championships](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Championships) |[Munich](/source/Munich) |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |[5.80 m](/source/2002_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|2003 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) |bgcolor=gold|1st |[5.80 m](/source/2003_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[World Championships](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Paris](/source/Paris) |5th |[5.80 m](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|2004 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Budapest](/source/Budapest) |5th |[5.70 m](/source/2004_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics) |[Athens](/source/Athens) |11th |[5.55 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|2005 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/2005_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Madrid](/source/Madrid) |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |[5.80 m](/source/2005_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[World Championships](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Helsinki](/source/Helsinki) |5th |[5.50 m](/source/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|2006 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Moscow](/source/Moscow) |bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |[5.60 m](/source/2006_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[European Championships](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships) |[Gothenburg](/source/Gothenburg) |bgcolor=silver|2nd |[5.65 m](/source/2006_European_Athletics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|2007 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/2007_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Birmingham](/source/Birmingham) |5th |[5.51 m](/source/2007_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[World Championships](/source/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics) |[Osaka](/source/Osaka) |8th |[5.81 m](/source/2007_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |rowspan=2|2008 |[World Indoor Championships](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships) |[Valencia](/source/Valencia) |5th |[5.70 m](/source/2008_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics) |[Beijing](/source/Beijing) |16th (q) |[5.55 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |- |2011 |[European Indoor Championships](/source/2011_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships) |[Paris](/source/Paris) |8th |[5.41 m](/source/2011_European_Athletics_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_pole_vault) |} ==Personal bests== '''Indoor''' {| class="wikitable" | |- ! Event ! Performance ! Location ! Date |+Individual events | [Pole vault](/source/Pole_vault) | align=right | {{T&Fcalc|5.95}} | align=center | [Chemnitz](/source/Chemnitz) | align=right | 18 February 2000 |} '''Outdoor''' {| class="wikitable" | |+Individual events ! Event ! Performance ! Location ! Date |- | [Pole vault](/source/Pole_vault) | align=right | {{T&Fcalc|6.00}} | align=center | [Cologne](/source/Cologne) | align=right | 24 August 1997 |} {| class="wikitable" |+Combined events ! Event ! Performance ! Location ! Date ! Points |-bgcolor=#ccffcc | '''[Decathlon](/source/Decathlon)''' | {{n/a}} | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 15–16 September 1999 | align=right | 7,346 points |- | [100 metres](/source/100_metres) | align=right | 11.20 | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 15 September 1999 | align=right | 817 points |- | [Long jump](/source/Long_jump) | align=right | {{T&Fcalc|6.65}} | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 15 September 1999 | align=right | 732 points |- | [Shot put](/source/Shot_put) | align=right | {{T&Fcalc|13.08}} | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 15 September 1999 | align=right | 672 points |- | [High jump](/source/High_jump) | align=right | {{T&Fcalc|1.97}} | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 15 September 1999 | align=right | 776 points |- | [400 metres](/source/400_metres) | align=right | 52.80 | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 15 September 1999 | align=right | 690 points |- | [110 metres hurdles](/source/110_metres_hurdles) | align=right | 14.78 | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 16 September 1999 | align=right | 876 points |- | [Discus throw](/source/Discus_throw) | align=right | {{T&Fcalc|42.86}} | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 16 September 1999 | align=right | 723 points |- | [Pole vault](/source/Pole_vault) | align=right | {{T&Fcalc|5.76}}{{cite web | title=Decathlon top 10 individual events (>7000 points) | date=July 4, 2016 | url=http://www.decathlon2000.com/861/top-10-individual-events-over-7000-points | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213202249/http://www.decathlon2000.com/861/top-10-individual-events-over-7000-points | archive-date=December 13, 2016 | url-status=live | work=decathlon2000.com {{registration required}}}}{{ref label|a|a|a}} | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 16 September 1999 | align=right | 1,152 points |- | [Javelin throw](/source/Javelin_throw) | align=right | {{T&Fcalc|45.33}} | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 16 September 1999 | align=right | 520 points |- | [1500 metres](/source/1500_metres) | align=right | 5:32.38 | align=center | [Leverkusen](/source/Leverkusen) | align=right | 16 September 1999 | align=right | 388 points |- | colspan=4 align=right | '''Virtual Best Performance''' | align=right bgcolor=#cffcff | 7,346 points |} :{{note label|a|a|a}} [Decathlon best](/source/Decathlon) ==See also== * [Germany all-time top lists – Pole vault](/source/Athletics_in_Germany) ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == {{commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.timlobinger.de/}} * {{World Athletics}} {{S-start}} {{s-sports}} {{Succession box|before={{flagicon|AUS}} [Dmitriy Markov](/source/Dmitriy_Markov)|title=[Men's Pole vault Best Year Performance](/source/Pole_vault)
alongside [Jeff Hartwig](/source/Jeff_Hartwig) (USA)|years=2002|after={{flagicon|FRA}} [Romain Mesnil](/source/Romain_Mesnil)}} {{S-end}} {{Footer World Indoor Champions Pole Vault Men}} {{Footer European Indoor Champions Pole Vault Men}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lobinger, Tim}} Category:1972 births Category:2023 deaths Category:Deaths from leukemia in Germany Category:Deaths from multiple myeloma in Germany Category:People from Rheinbach Category:Athletes from Cologne (region) Category:German men pole vaulters Category:German national athletics champions Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic athletes for Germany Category:European Athletics Championships medalists Category:World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Category:20th-century German sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tim Lobinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lobinger) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lobinger?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.