Greatest masters vaulter in history set for Reno PV Summit

Wolfgang Ritte

Germany’s Wolfgang Ritte, the Sergey Bubka of masters track and the 2008 World Masters Athlete of the Year, is coming to America. He’s reportedly set to compete next month in the world-famous National Pole Vault Summit, an indoor event in Reno, Nevada. Wolfie, with his vaulting wife, Ute, apparently are having their travel expenses comped by sporting goods company UCS / Spirit and its German representative, Heinz Peters. How good is Wolfie? In June 2008, he jumped 4.60 meters (15-1) at a time no other M55 had even cleared 14 feet. The Koops of Germany say Wolfie was set to visit Reno in 2007 when he turned 55, but the summit was moved up, before he changed age groups. So he didn’t show. His only potential challengers in late January would be M55 indoor American record-holder Jeff Kingstad or M50 world record holder Gary Hunter. Bring him on!

Here’s a rough Google translation of the Koops’ report:

Wolfgang and Ute Ritte from start to Reno (USA) – Good start to the season in Paderborn

For pole vaulters Ritte Wolfgang (* 1953, Wesel TV) goes for “three years Cloud 7 “(Ritte) next January, a” one more very big dream Fulfillment “. For the record: 2007 fans voted him the senior athletics Germany’s Seniorenleichtathlet of the year 2008 was the pole vaulter from the Lower Rhine “IAAF World Best Male Master 2008” and honored him in spring 2009 The European Athletics Association Senior EVAA in Greece as “European
Best Male Master.

“And now the organizers have the largest Meetings of the world pole vault pole vaulter spouses Wolfgang Ritte and Ute Ritte (* 1952, Wesel TV) to Reno (Nevada) invited. Not only in the U.S. is the “Pole Vault Summit in Reno,” the end of January as “The Greatest Event in Track and Field “.

Many world and Olympic champions were in the past 20 years is already a winner in the result lists this huge Sporting Event Register. With the support of the US-based sporting goods company UCS / Spirit and its German representative Heinz Peters will travel from Ritte Dusseldorf from over San Francisco, Reno, Las Vegas and Washington back to Dusseldorf.

Opposite-sport masters said Wolfgang Ritte, the indoor season is now planning
parked entirely on the sports festival in the United States. So far, if his Wife and he “can work out without injury and intense.”

In fact, both in comparison with previous years, very early, namely on 13 December started the “Savings and Building Association PB Meeting in Paderborn their competition season. The first form of test was more than satisfactory for both Ritte, for according to tried skipped 4.20m Wolfgang Ritte, the indoor world record with 4.41 m to improve his age group. The second attempt was there “only briefly.
Super, it would be natural for the world record could now succeed in Reno! ”
Announces Wolfgang Ritte.

Also Ute Ritte showed good early form in Paderborn
and jumped over 2.50 meters (27.12.09)