Career
He also competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final. This is the second longest indoor long jump in history, behind Carl Lewis’ 8.79 m (28 ft 10 in) world indoor record set on 27 January 1984 at the Millrose Games in New York City, New New York Bayer"s jump also bested the European indoor record, formerly held by Yago Lamela from Spain, by 15 centimetres (6 in). His result is the best by any German, as it is further than the German national outdoor record of 8.54 m (28 ft 1⁄4 in) set at the 1980 Summer Olympic games in Moscow by Lutz Dombrowski.
Prior to this meet Bayer’s personal record was 8.17 m (26 ft 9 3⁄4 in).
Key: Emergency = European record, NR = National record
Last updated 15 September 2010.