Jeff Hartwig

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jeff Hartwig
Occupation	Pole Vaulter
Date Of Birth	Sep 25, 1967(1967-09-25)
Age	57
Birthplace	St. Louis
Country	United States
Birth City	St. Louis
Horoscope	Capricorn

Jeff Hartwig Biography

Jeff Hartwig is one of the most popular and richest Pole Vaulter who was born on September 25, 1967 in St. Louis, St. Louis, United States. Jeff Hartwig (born September 25, 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American pole vaulter.

With 5.86 m (19 ft 2 ⁄2 in) on 4 July 2004, Hartwig holds the world’s best performance for men over 35 years. He also has the world’s best performance for men over 40 years at 5.70 m (18 ft 8 ⁄4 in), achieved while placing second at the U.S. Olympic Trials, 29 June 2008.

In 1998, Hartwig set two North American records with 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) and 6.01 m (19 ft 8 ⁄2 in). The latter was an improvement of 16 centimetres from his personal best of 5.85 m (19 ft 2 ⁄4 in) from 1997. In 1999, he won US national championships by improving his own record to 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in), and his current North American record of 6.03 m (19 ft 9 ⁄4 in) followed in 2000. Jeff Hartwig held the American record until July 27, 2019, when Sam Kendricks set the American pole vault record by jumping 6.06 m (19 ft 10 ⁄2 in). His personal best indoor is 6.02 m (19 ft 9 in), also an area record. Only Renaud Lavillenie, Sergey Bubka, Steven Hooker, and current world record holder Armand Duplantis have jumped higher in an indoor competition.

Hartwig has steadily climbed the Track and Field News world rankings, peaking at number 1 in 2002.

Jeff Hartwig Net Worth

Jeff Hartwig is one of the richest Pole Vaulter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jeff Hartwig 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Aside from vaulting Hartwig also had another passion, reptiles. For over 15 years Jeff has been raising reptiles – mostly boas and pythons, but also tortoises, monitors, iguanas, and caimans. Jeff’s first snake was a Burmese python, which he “inherited” from another vaulter. It was 1992 when Jeff decided to give breeding a shot and was very successful in producing 23 baby pythons.

Hartwig has received the Jim Thorpe Award as the best American field events athlete in 1998 and 1999.

Hartwig and girlfriend Laura raise the snakes to sell to pet stores. Jeff has been known to have more than 100 snakes on the premises. None of the snakes that Jeff raises are venomous. In his freetime, Jeff also enjoys visiting zoos and giving presentations to local schools in his former hometown of Jonesboro, Arkansas. Jeff’s coach Earl Bell has referred to him as a ‘modern-day Tarzan’.

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Facts & Trivia

Jeff Ranked on the list of most popular Pole Vaulter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jeff Hartwig celebrates birthday on September 25 of every year.