Kazimir ("Miro") Zalar (born 24 March 1957 in

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) is a retired

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er. He was born in

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, but came to Sweden and

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at a young age. His personal best jump of 5.70 metres was achieved in 1986 in

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. This was also the Swedish record at the time. In 2007 he ranked seventh on the Swedish all-time list, behind Oscar Janson,

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Martin Eriksson Veronica Eriksson, born ''Martin Eriksson'' (15 June 1971) is a retired Swedish pole vaulter. She was born in Stockholm. Her personal best jump was 5.80 metres, achieved in March 2000 in Pietersburg. This places her fourth on the Swedish all-time ...

Alhaji Jeng Alhaji Jeng (born 13 December 1981) is a Swedish pole vaulter. Jeng came to Sweden when he was just 3 months old, but retained his Gambian citizenship until he was 18 years old, when he applied for and was granted Swedish citizenship. He curren ...

, Patrik Stenlund and Peter Widén.Swedish all-time lists, men
He has since then also been surpassed by

Melker Svärd Jacobsson Melker Svärd Jacobsson (born 8 January 1994) is a Swedish pole vaulter. Athletics career At the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics held in Singapore, Jacobsson placed joint fourth in the final of the boys' pole vault with a jump of 4.85 metres. He won ...

and

Armand Duplantis Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis (born 10 November 1999) is an American-born Swedish pole vaulter, the current world outdoor and indoor record holder ( and ), the current Olympic and World outdoor and indoor champion, the current European outd ...

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* 1957 births Living people Swedish male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Sweden Swedish athletics coaches Athletes from Ljubljana Yugoslav emigrants to Sweden Swedish people of Slovenian descent {{Sweden-athletics-bio-stub