{"id":987501105,"date":"2025-05-20T22:26:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T20:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/touch-the-clouds-2025-europes-largest-pole-vault-competition-takes-off-press-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T16:49:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T14:49:09","slug":"touch-the-clouds-2025-europes-largest-pole-vault-competition-takes-off-press-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/touch-the-clouds-2025-europes-largest-pole-vault-competition-takes-off-press-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Touch the clouds 2025 \u2013 Europe&#8217;s largest pole vault competition takes off &#8211; Press conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; width=&#8221;95%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||true|true&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pressetermin-200525_wolfi.jpeg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Pressetermin 20 Mai 2025 Wofi&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>On May 20, 2025, the official press conference for this year&#8217;s <strong>touch the clouds <\/strong>\u2013 <strong data-end=\"518\" data-start=\"474\">Europe&#8217;s largest pole vault competition<\/strong> \u2013 took place in the triple gymnasium of the Kurt Huber Gymnasium in Gr\u00e4felfing.<br data-end=\"522\" data-start=\"519\">Organizer <strong data-end=\"562\" data-start=\"535\">Matthias Schimmelpfennig<\/strong>, together with invited guests, presented the sporting and organizational concept for the Bronze Meeting of the <strong data-end=\"711\" data-start=\"675\">World Athletics Continental Tour<\/strong>.<br data-end=\"715\" data-start=\"712\">A special highlight was the introduction of the new event mascot, <strong data-end=\"794\" data-start=\"785\">Wolfi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Among those present were our main sponsors:<\/p>\n<ul data-end=\"994\" data-start=\"849\">\n<li class=\"\" data-end=\"894\" data-start=\"849\"><strong data-end=\"870\" data-start=\"851\">Wolfgang Oswald<\/strong>, Aston Martin M\u00fcnchen<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-end=\"942\" data-start=\"895\"><strong data-end=\"919\" data-start=\"897\">Alexander Wittmann<\/strong>, Wittmann Entsorgungswirtschaft GmbH<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-end=\"994\" data-start=\"943\"><strong data-end=\"967\" data-start=\"945\">Werner Schmidbauer<\/strong>, Schmidbauer GmbH &amp; Co. KG<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-end=\"1025\" data-start=\"996\">Media representation on site:<\/h2>\n<ul data-end=\"1224\" data-start=\"1026\">\n<li class=\"\" data-end=\"1075\" data-start=\"1026\">\n<div><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiogong.de\/089kult-die-besten-kultur-tipps-muenchen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-end=\"1073\" data-start=\"1028\">Radio 089 Kult<\/a><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-end=\"1139\" data-start=\"1076\">\n<div><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unser-wuermtal.de\/touchtheclouds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-end=\"1137\" data-start=\"1078\">W\u00fcrmtal TV<\/a><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-end=\"1181\" data-start=\"1140\">\n<div><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.muenchen.tv\/mediathek\/video\/das-groesste-stabhochsprungfestival-europas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-end=\"1179\" data-start=\"1142\">M\u00fcnchen TV<\/a><\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-end=\"1224\" data-start=\"1182\">\n<div><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkur.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-end=\"1224\" data-start=\"1184\">M\u00fcnchner Merkur<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-end=\"3549\" data-start=\"3516\"><strong data-end=\"3549\" data-start=\"3520\"><br \/><\/strong>Comments on the event<\/h2>\n<div>\n<p><strong data-end=\"3596\" data-start=\"3551\">Alexander Wittmann<\/strong><br data-end=\"3599\" data-start=\"3596\">&#8220;An event unparalleled in Europe, putting pole vaulting in the spotlight with impressive energy. Great things can only be achieved when many forces work together smoothly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong data-end=\"3833\" data-start=\"3790\">Matthias Schimmelpfennig<\/strong><br data-end=\"3836\" data-start=\"3833\">&#8220;We manage this meeting with 60 to 80 volunteers. Our heart and soul are dedicated to the young athletes\u2014and to the goal of bringing pole vaulting to the stage with atmosphere and performance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div> <\/div>\n<div><strong data-end=\"4035\" data-start=\"4020\">What remains?<\/strong> <br data-end=\"4038\" data-start=\"4035\">A world-class sports festival, supported by volunteers, strong partners, and an audience that cheers and celebrates with them \u2013 and is there with all their heart!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div> <\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 20, 2025, the official press conference for this year&#8217;s Touch the Clouds \u2013 Europe&#8217;s largest pole vault competition \u2013 took place in the triple gymnasium of the Kurt Huber Gymnasium in Gr\u00e4felfing.<br \/>\nOrganizer Matthias Schimmelpfennig presented the athletic and organizational concept together with invited guests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":987500638,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,64,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-987501105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-festival","category-top-news","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987501105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=987501105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/987501105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987500638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=987501105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=987501105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/touchtheclouds.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=987501105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}