Damian Kallabis
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Born | 10 June 1973 (1973-06-10) (age 50) Gliwice, Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Damian Kallabis (born 10 June 1973 in Gliwice, Poland) is a retired German runner who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
In 1997 his personal best time was 8:37.35 minutes. The next year he sensationally[1] won the European Championships, lowering his personal best time to 8:13.10 minutes. He then won the steeplechase event at the 1998 IAAF World Cup.
In August 1999 he ran in 8:09.48 minutes in Zurich, beating the old German record of Hagen Melzer. This German record still stands.[2] He finished fourth at the World Championships the same year, and fifteenth at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]
He became German steeplechase champion in 1998 and 2000, representing the team SCC Berlin. He later switched team to VfB Stuttgart.[4]
References
- ^ "Sensations-Gold für Kallabis". ARD (in German). 23 August 1998. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 31 May 2007.
- ^ ""Ewige" Bestenliste der deutschen Leichtathletik" ["Eternal" list of the best in German athletics] (PDF). leichtathletik.de (in German). Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2007.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Damian Kallabis". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ German championships, men's 3000 m steeplechase
External links
- Damian Kallabis at World Athletics
- Damian Kallabis at Olympics.com
- Damian Kallabis at Olympedia
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- 1938: Lars Larsson (SWE)
- 1946: Raphaël Pujazon (FRA)
- 1950: Jindřich Roudný (TCH)
- 1954: Sándor Rozsnyói (HUN)
- 1958: Jerzy Chromik (POL)
- 1962: Gaston Roelants (BEL)
- 1966: Viktor Kudynskyy (URS)
- 1969: Mikhail Zhelev (BUL)
- 1971: Jean-Paul Villain (FRA)
- 1974: Bronisław Malinowski (POL)
- 1978: Bronisław Malinowski (POL)
- 1982: Patriz Ilg (FRG)
- 1986: Hagen Melzer (GDR)
- 1990: Francesco Panetta (ITA)
- 1994: Alessandro Lambruschini (ITA)
- 1998: Damian Kallabis (GER)
- 2002: Antonio David Jiménez (ESP)
- 2006: Jukka Keskisalo (FIN)
- 2010: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)
- 2012: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)
- 2014: Yoann Kowal (FRA)
- 2016: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)
- 2018: Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad (FRA)
- 2022: Topi Raitanen (FIN)
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