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Bo Kanda Lita Baehre
Bo Kanda Lita Baehre in 2022
Personal information
Born (1999-04-29) 29 April 1999 (age 25)
Düsseldorf, Germany
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
ClubART Düsseldorf
TSV Bayer Leverkusen
Coached byChristine Adams
Medal record
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 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 2017 European U20 Championships.

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

Personal life

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

International competitions

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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

1No mark in the final

References

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  1. ^ Bo Kanda Lita Baehre at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  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.