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Balian Buschbaum
German pole vaulter
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| Birth&#;name | Yvonne Buschbaum |
|---|---|
| Nationality | &#;German |
| Born | () 14 July (age&#;44) Ulm, West Germany |
| Sport | Pole vaulting |
| Personal best | m |
| Updated on 13 December | |
Balian Buschbaum (born 14 July ) is a former Germanpole vaulter.
Life and career
Buschbaum competed in women's pole vaulting before his gender transition, winning the title of German Youth Champion multiple times. In Buschbaum became the German pole vault champion, later that year setting the German record for pole vault with a height of m, beating his previous junior world record of m.
His personal best is metres, achieved in June in Ulm. On 21 November Buschbaum announced his retirement from the sport due to a persistent injury and the desire to begin gender reassignment.[1] In January , Buschbaum announced that his new first name was "Balian", after the blacksmith in the movie Kingdom of Heaven, and that he would undergo gender affirming surgery later that year.[2]
Buschbaum worked until the end of the indoor – season as a high jump coach in Mainz.[3][4]
Achievements
All placements are for women's events and prior to his gender transition.
Balian buschbaum Hidden categories: Webarchive template wayback links Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Biography articles needing translation from German Wikipedia Use dmy dates from September Now the sky is wide open for Buschbaum, who feels the lightness of being after revealing her transsexuality last year and undergoing a gender change to Balian Buschbaum since then. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at [[:de:Balian Buschbaum]]; see its history for attribution. The sport may stay the same but Buschbaum will be a different person once the gender change is complete.| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
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| Representing &#;Germany | ||||
| World Junior Championships | Annecy, France | 4th | m | |
| European Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 3rd | m | |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 14th | m | |
| European Junior Championships | Riga, Latvia | 1st | m | |
| Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 6th | m | |
| World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 6th | m | |
| World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 7th | m | |
| European Indoor Championships | Vienna, Austria | 2nd | m | |
| European Championships | Munich, Germany | 3rd | m | |
| World Championships | Paris, France | 6th | m | |
Works
- Blaue Augen bleiben blau.
Mein Leben. (Blue Eyes Stay Blue. My Life) Krüger, Frankfurt , ISBN&#;
- Frauen wollen reden, Männer Sex: wie verschieden sind wir wirklich, Herr Buschbaum? (Women Want to Talk, Men Want Sex: How Different are we Really, Mr. Buschbaum?) Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt , ISBN&#;