Łukasz Michalski (born 2 August 1988 in

Bydgoszcz Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia. Straddling the confluence of the Vistula River and its bank (geography), left-bank tributary, the Brda (river), Brda, the strategic location of Byd ...

) is a retired

Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Polish people, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken * Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin ...

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, bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ...

er. His biggest achievement is the fourth place at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu with the personal best of 5.85 metres. He also won the gold medal at the

2011 Summer Universiade The 2011 Summer Universiade ( zh, c=2011年夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no), also known as the XXVI Summer Universiade ( zh, c=, s=第二十六届夏季世界大学生运动会, labels=no) and Shenzhen 2011, was hosted in Shenzhen, Gua ...

and was a finalist at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in London. In July 2014, he married Polish triple jumper Anna Jagaciak. Michalski officially ended his sporting career in 2015 to concentrate on his work as a doctor.

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* 1988 births Living people Polish male pole vaulters Athletes from Bydgoszcz Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Zawisza Bydgoszcz athletes FISU World University Games gold medalists for Poland Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Polish sportsmen Diamond League winners {{Poland-polevault-athletics-bio-stub