Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Theodor "Theo"•Püll |
Used name | Theo•Püll |
Born | 30 September 1936 in Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (GER) |
Measurements | 186 cm / 74 kg |
Affiliations | WfL Wolfsburg |
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High jumper Theo Püll finished seventh at the 1960 Roma Olympic Games. At the 1958 Europeans he was fifth. He won West German titles in high jump in 1956-61, also winning indoors in 1956 and 1958-61. He later married pentathlete Ute Spitzkowski, and their daughter Hilke Püll became a nationally successful pentathlete. Theo Püll later headed the ship cleaning company in Bremerhaven established by his father-in-law.
Personal Best: HJ – 2.07 (1958).
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | Nationality | As | |
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1960 Summer Olympics | Athletics | ![]() |
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Theo Püll | |||
High Jump, Men (Olympic) | =7 |