Mareks Ārents (born 6 August 1986) is a

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n track and field athlete competing in the

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. He has won the Latvian national championship 12 times. His personal record is 5.70 m, set in Jablonec in 2016. It is the second-best vault in the history of Latvian pole vault behind

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's Latvian record (5.80 m). He qualified for

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, but did not reach the final. He also competed at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships. At the 2013 European Indoor Championships he jumped 5.50 m, ranking him in 11th place, missing the final by 10 cm. In the Polish city of

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, at the XIII European Athletic Festival Ārents won the pole vault with a vault of 5.50 m.

Competition record

References

* http://www.olimpiade.lv/londona/olimpiska-delegacija/sportisti/vieglatletika/50-mareks-arents

External links

* 1986 births Athletes from Riga Latvian male pole vaulters Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Latvia World Athletics Championships athletes for Latvia Competitors at the 2013 Summer Universiade {{Latvia-athletics-bio-stub