Wilbert Pennings

Dutch high jumper
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroDutch high jumper
PlacesNetherlands
isAthlete
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth23 February 1975, Alphen aan den Rijn
Age49 years
The details

Biography

Wilbert Bernard Roger Pennings (born 23 February 1975 in Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland) is a Dutch high jumper. He is a thirteen-time Dutch champion and holds the national indoor and outdoor records.
Pennings became Dutch high jump champion for the first time in 1995, jumping over 2.17 metres. In 1999 he improved the Dutch national outdoor record to 2.30 and finished tenth at the 1999 World Championships. In 2000 he represented The Netherlands in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he did not qualify for the final, jumping over 2.20.
In February 2002 in Siegen, Germany, Wilbert Pennings improved the Dutch national indoor record to 2.31 and became seventh at the 2002 European Indoor Championships, one month later. During the outdoor season he finished thirteenth at the 2002 European Championships.
Due to injuries he was unable to compete in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but finished twelfth at the 2006 European Championships.
Pennings, who is an aerospace engineering graduate, works for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and is a member of the Dutch defence top-sport program.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the  Netherlands
1998European Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain18th (q)High jump2.20 m
European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary13th (q)High jump2.20 m
1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain8thHigh jump2.19 m
World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain10thHigh jump2.25 m
2000European Indoor ChampionshipsGhent, Belgium20th (q)High jump2.11 m
Olympic GamesSydney, Australia23rd (q)High jump2.20 m
2002European Indoor ChampionshipsVienna, Austria7thHigh jump2.24 m
European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany13thHigh jump2.18 m
2003World ChampionshipsParis, France27th (q)High jump2.20 m
2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden12thHigh jump2.20 m

Honours

03 ! Dutch National Championships, high jump, 2007, Amsterdam

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