Piotr Lisek (born 16 August 1992) is a Polish

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specialising in the

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

. He won bronze medals at the

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and 2019 World Championships and the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships. He is the first Polish vaulter to jump over 6 meters. His personal bests in the event are 6.02 metres outdoors (Monaco 2019) and 6.00 metres indoors (Potsdam 2017).

Career

Lisek began his career as a high jumper, but later switched to pole vault, having decided he was too short for his original event. He was coached by Vyacheslav Kalinichenko, who also trained

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 ...

, one of the most successful Polish female pole vaulters. At the 2012 Polish Championships, he tested positive for an illegal substance,

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, and was banned for six months. The athlete stated that he took the substance unknowingly in an energy drink and even listed it with the supplements he was using before the anti-doping control, which contributed to the reduced period of suspension.Norbert Rokita, prezes OSoT Szczecin: Doping? Nie, głupota
(in Polish) Lisek's international debut was at the 2013 European Indoor Championships where he did not go through the qualifying round. Also at the 2013 European U23 Championships, he did not manage to reach the final. His big breakthrough came in 2014, when he jumped 5.77 metres in the indoor season. However, despite regularly jumping over 5.75 metres, he did not make the team for the

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, which took place in Poland, after no marking at the national championships. He had more success in the outdoor season, jumping 5.82 metres and finishing sixth at the 2014 European Championships. 2015 proved to be even more successful for the Polish vaulter with a new national indoor record of 5.90 metres and the bronze at the 2015 European Indoor Championships, his first international medal. In February 2017, Lisek improved his personal record and jumped to a new Polish record, clearing 6.00 meters in Potsdam competition. Thus he became the 10th vaulter in history to clear 6.00 meters indoors. On 5 July 2019, during

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meeting in

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, Lisek cleared 6.01 meters, setting new Polish record and becoming the first Polish pole vaulter to clear 6 meters outdoors. One week later, he improved this record to 6.02 meters during a meeting in Monaco.

Competition record

Mixed martial arts record

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Piotr Lisek
at the ''Polski Związek Lekkiej Atletyki'' * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lisek, Piotr 1992 births Living people Polish male pole vaulters Doping cases in athletics Polish sportspeople in doping cases World Athletics Championships athletes for Poland World Athletics Championships medalists People from Szamotuły County Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes from Greater Poland Voivodeship Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Polish people European Games competitors for Poland Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games

Career

Competition record

Mixed martial arts record

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