Paweł Wojciechowski (; born 6 June 1989) is a Polish
pole vault
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er. He won the
gold medal
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Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have b ...
at the
2011 World Championships in Athletics
The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011.
The United States topped the medal standings in the ...
.
Career
Wojciechowski's first major success was the silver medal at the
IAAF
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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 ...
, with the result , being until then his personal best. He is an athlete of the
Zawisza Bydgoszcz
Zawisza Bydgoszcz () is a sports club from Bydgoszcz, Poland, founded in 1946. Its name commemorates a legendary Polish 15th-century knight, Zawisza Czarny (Zawisza the Black). The club holds many sections: football, track and field athletics, b ...
club. His coach is Roman Dakiniewicz.
In March 2009 it was announced, that Wojciechowski would be admitted to take practices in May 2009 with
Vitaly Petrov
Vitaly Aleksandrovich Petrov ( rus, Вита́лий Алекса́ндрович Петро́в, p=vʲɪˈtalʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ pʲɪˈtrof; born 8 September 1984) is a Russian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from to ...
, the pole vault coach of
Sergey Bubka
Sergey Nazarovych Bubka (; ''Serhiy Nazarovych Bubka''; born 4 December 1963) is a Ukrainian former pole vaulter. He represented the Soviet Union until its dissolution in 1991. Bubka was twice named Athlete of the Year by '' Track & Field News ...
and
Yelena Isinbayeva
Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva ( rus, Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, p=jɪˈlʲɛnə gɐˈdʐɨjɪvnə ɪsʲɪnˈbajɪvə; born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 200 ...
2011 World Championships in Athletics
The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics () was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011.
The United States topped the medal standings in the ...
, but he fared less well at the
2012 Summer Olympics
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, failing to record a mark in qualifying. He missed the 2013 season due to injury and did not defend his world title as a result. In 2014 he returned to form at the
Orléans
Orléans (,"Orleans" (US) and Perche Elite Tour, winning with a clearance of (his best since 2011). In 2015, he cleared 5.85 m to win bronze at the
World Championships
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.
In 2017, he improved his personal best to 5.93 m.
Achievements
Personal bests
;Outdoor
* 5.93 m (Lausanne 2017)
;Indoor
* 5.90 m (Glasgow 2019)