Bo Kanda Lita Baehre

Bo Kanda Lita Baehre
Bo Kanda Lita Baehre in 2022
Personal information
Born (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999
Düsseldorf, Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
ClubDüsseldorf Athletics
ART Düsseldorf
TSV Bayer Leverkusen
Coached byChristine Adams
Chauncey Johnson
Medal record
European Championships
2022 Munich Pole vault

Bo Kanda Lita Baehre (born 29 April 1999) is a German athlete specialising in the pole vault.[1] He won a silver medal at the 2022 European Championships.

His personal bests in the event are 5.90 metres outdoors (Berlin 2022) and 5.81 metres indoors (Düsseldorf 2022).

Personal life

Born in Germany, he is of DR Congolese descent through his father.[2] He is a cousin of a British footballer, Leroy Lita.[3]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Germany
2015 European Youth Olympic Festival Tbilisi, Georgia 1st 4.92 m
2016 European Youth Championships Tbilisi, Georgia 2nd 5.30 m
2017 European U20 Championships Grosseto, Italy 2nd 5.45 m
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland 4th 5.50 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany 15th (q) 5.51 m
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th 5.55 m
European U23 Championships Gävle, Sweden 1st 5.65 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 4th 5.70 m
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 4th (q) 5.60 m1
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 11th 5.70 m
2022 World Championships Eugene, Oregon 7th 5.87 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 2nd 5.85 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 9th 5.40 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 14th (q) 5.45 m
Olympic Games Paris, France 9th 5.70 m
2025 European Indoor Championships Apeldoorn, Netherlands 7th 5.70 m
World Indoor Championships Nanjing, China 8th 5.50 m

1No mark in the final

References

  1. ^ Bo Kanda Lita Baehre at World Athletics
  2. ^ "Pole vault pirate Lita Baehre in top form ahead of the World Championships - World News | TakeToNews". June 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Koken, Harald (3 October 2017). "Bo Kanda Lita Baehre: Kometenhafter Aufstieg in perfektem Umfeld" (in German). Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved 13 October 2018.


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