Michał Teodor Joachimowski (26 September 1950 – 19 January 2014) was a

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

er from

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.Polski Komited Olympijski (Polish Olympic Committee), "Joachimowski, Michal", He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships. He was born in

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and represented the clubs Budowlani Bydgoszcz and Zawisza Bydgoszcz. He finished eighth at the 1972 European Indoor Championships, and seventh at the 1972 Olympic Games. He then got a silver medal at the 1973 European Indoor Championships and won gold at the 1974 European Indoor Championships setting a new world indoor record of 17.03 metres (this remains the Polish record to this day). He did not do quite as well at the 1974 European Championships, when he placed fifth. At the 1975 European Indoor Championships he took another silver medal, and he followed with a victory at the 1975 Summer Universiade. At the 1976 Olympic Games he finished thirteenth. He was the Polish champion in 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1978 and Polish indoor champion in 1973, 1974 and 1975. His personal best jump was 17.06 metres (55.97 ft), achieved in June 1973 in

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.World men's all-time best triple jump
(last updated 2001)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joachimowski, Michal 1950 births 2014 deaths People from Żnin County Athletes from Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Polish male triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 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 1975 Summer Universiade Polish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Polish sportsmen