Paweł Wojciechowski (athlete)

Paweł Wojciechowski

Wojciechowski in 2011
Personal information
Nationality	Polish
Born	(1989-06-06) 6 June 1989 (age 27) Bydgoszcz, Poland
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb) (2012)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Pole vault
Club	Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Poland World Championships 2011 Daegu Pole vault 2015 Beijing Pole vault European Championships 2014 Zürich Pole vault European Indoor Championships 2017 Belgrade Pole vault World Junior Championships 2008 Bydgoszcz Pole vault

Paweł Wojciechowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈpavɛw vɔi̯t͡ɕɛˈxɔfski]; born 6 June 1989) is a Polish pole vaulter. He won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.

Wojciechowski's first major success was the silver medal at the IAAF 12th World Junior Championships in Athletics held in July 2008 in Bydgoszcz, with the result 5.40 m (17 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in), being until then his personal best. He is an athlete of the Zawisza Bydgoszcz club. His coach is Roman Dakiniewicz.

In March 2009 it was announced, that Wojciechowski would be admitted to take practices in May 2009 with Vitaly Petrov, the pole vault coach of Sergey Bubka and Yelena Isinbayeva. He improved his best mark to 5.86 m at the Flanders Indoor Meeting in February 2011 to break Mirosław Chmara's Polish indoor record, which had stood for 22 years.

Wojciechowski was the surprise winner at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but he fared less well at the 2012 Summer Olympics, failing to record a mark in qualifying. He missed the 2013 season due to injury and did not defend his world title as a result. In 2014 he returned to form at the Orléans leg of the Perche Elite Tour, winning with a clearance of 5.76 m (18 ft 10 ³⁄₄ in) (his best since 2011).