Łukasz Michalski

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Łukasz Michalski (2010)

Łukasz Michalski (born August 2, 1988 in Bydgoszcz ) is a Polish pole vaulter .

Michalski was fourth at the World Youth Athletics Championships 2005 in Marrakech and eighth at the 2006 Junior World Athletics Championships in Beijing. He won his first international medal in third place at the European Athletics Junior Championships 2007 in Hengelo.

In the adult sector, Michalski made an international appearance for the first time with his sixth place at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Turin in 2009 . In the same year he finished third at the European Athletics Team Championships in Leiria, but could not qualify for the final at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin . At the 2010 World Indoor Athletics Championships in Doha, he finished ninth, and seventh at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona .

In 2011 Michalski won the Summer Universiade in Shenzhen . At the World Athletics Championships in Daegu , he narrowly missed a medal in fourth. With a personal best of 5.85 m, he jumped the same height as the bronze medalist Renaud Lavillenie from France, who, however, had fewer failed attempts.

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