Joanna Aleksandra Pilichiewicz/Piwowarska (born November 4, 1983, in

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) is a Polish pole vaulter. She set her personal best height of 4.53 metres by finishing second for the women's pole vault at the 2006 IAAF Super Grand Prix Meeting in

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. Pilichiewicz/Piwowarska represented

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at the

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, where she competed for the women's pole vault, along with her compatriots

Monika Pyrek Monika Zofia Pyrek-Rokita (born 11 August 1980) is a retired Polish pole vaulter. Born in Gdynia, competing at the 2004 Olympics, she placed fourth with 4.55 metres, just behind another Polish pole vaulter born in Gdynia, Anna Rogowska. Monika ...

and Olympic bronze medalist

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. She successfully cleared a height of 4.30 metres in the qualifying rounds, finishing nineteenth overall, and tying her position with Greece's Afroditi Skafida and Portugal's Sandra-Helena Tavares.

Competition record

References

External links

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
Polish female pole vaulters Living people Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics People from Wałcz 1983 births Sportspeople from West Pomeranian Voivodeship Competitors at the 2009 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2011 Summer Universiade {{Poland-athletics-bio-stub