Personal information | |
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Nationality | Polish |
Born |
Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland |
14 June 1988
Sport | |
Country | Poland |
Sport | high jump |
Disability class | F42 |
Club | START Gorzow Wielkopolski |
Coached by | Zbigniew Lewkowicz |
Lukasz Maciej Mamczarz (born 14 June 1988) is a Polish Paralympic athlete who competes in F42 classification high jump events.
Mamczarz represented his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London where he won a bronze medal in the high jump (T42). More medals followed in the IPC Athletics World Championships with a pair of bronze medals won in the high jump in 2013 in Lyon and 2015 in Doha. Mamczarz is also a double European Championships gold medalist, winning his event in both Swansea (2014) and Grosetto (2016).
Mamczarz was born in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland in 1988. In 2009 he lost his left leg in a motorcycle accident. He took up sport after a recommendation by his doctors during his rehabilitation.