Mirosław Marian Chmara ( ; born 9 May 1964, 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

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 from

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

. His personal best jump of 5.90 metres was achieved in June 1988 in

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, and was also a Polish record for 23 years. It was beaten by Paweł Wojciechowski who jumped 5.91 metres in August 2011 in

Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

. He is a cousin of a former decathlete,

Sebastian Chmara Sebastian Michał Chmara (; born 21 November 1971) is a former decathlete from Poland who became world indoor champion in 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships, 1999 and European indoor champion in 1998 European Indoor Athletics Championships, 1998 ...

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* 1964 births Living people Polish male pole vaulters Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Poland Athletes from Bydgoszcz Zawisza Bydgoszcz athletes Polish Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-polevault-athletics-bio-stub

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