Bianca Kappler

German long jumper
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IntroGerman long jumper
PlacesGermany
isAthlete
Work fieldSports
Gender
Female
Birth8 August 1977, Hamburg, Germany
Age47 years
The details

Biography

Bianca Kappler (born 8 August 1977 in Hamburg) is a German long jumper.

Biography

She finished ninth at the 2004 Olympic Games. She competed at the World Championships in 2003 and 2005 without reaching the finals.

At the 2005 European Indoor Championships her last jump was measured to 6.96 metres, which would have secured her the gold medal by a comfortable margin. However, Kappler admitted to the referees that she could not possibly have jumped 6.96 m, which would be 30 cm further than her personal best at the time. Video analysis confirmed the mismeasurement and the jump was ruled invalid. The silver medal was won in 6.64 m, while Kappler remained with 6.53 m. She was later awarded a bronze medal for fair play.

At the 2007 European Indoor Championships she finished fourth, equalling her indoor personal best of 6.63 metres. Her personal best jump is 6.90 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Bad Langensalza. Her partner is the Austrian decathlete Klaus Ambrosch.

Competition record

Kappler at Mannheim DLV Competition 2011
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Germany
1999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, SwedenNM
2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria15th (q)6.20 m
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France14th (q)6.50 m
2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary14th (q)6.47 m
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece8th6.66 m
2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain3rd6.53 m
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland19th (q)6.35 m
2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom4th6.63 m
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan5th6.81 m
2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany25th (q)6.29 m
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar12th (q)6.37 m
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain17th (q)6.50 m
2011World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea14th (q)6.48 m
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