Paweł Wojciechowski (athlete)
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birthday | 6th June 1989 (age 30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
place of birth | Bydgoszcz , Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
size | 190 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 85 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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discipline | Pole vault | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Best performance | 5.93 m (July 6, 2017 in Lausanne ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
society | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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last change: March 2nd, 2019 |
Paweł Wojciechowski (born June 6, 1989 in Bydgoszcz ) is a Polish pole vaulter .
Athletic career
He achieved his first international success in 2008 with the silver medal at the Junior World Championships in his hometown of Bydgoszcz. He jumped 5.40 m in this competition.
In the spring of 2011 he finished 4th at the European Indoor Championships in Paris. In the same year he celebrated his greatest success so far at the World Championships in Daegu when he became world champion with a skipped 5.90 m. In 2015 he took third place together with Renaud Lavillenie and his compatriot Piotr Lisek .
In 2017 Wojciechowski won the bronze medal at the European Indoor Athletics Championships with a jump of 5.85 meters.
Web links
- Paweł Wojciechowski in the database of World Athletics (English)
Individual evidence
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SURNAME | Wojciechowski, Paweł |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish pole vaulter |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1989 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bydgoszcz |