WOJCIECHOWSKI Pawel

Poland
Athletics
6 Jun 1989
32
Male
BYDGOSZCZ
 
Poland
BYDGOSZCZ
 
Poland

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ATH Athletics Men's Pole Vault  

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Olympic Stadium - Pole Vault A
Men's Pole Vault Qualification - Group A
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
YearLocationPole Vault
2016Rio de Janeiro, BRAQual. (5.45)
2012London, GBRQual. (NM)

World Athletics Championships
YearLocationPole Vault
2019Doha, QATQual. (5.70)
2017London, GBR5th (5.75)
2015Beijing, CHN3rd (5.80)
2011Daegu, KOR1st (5.90)

European Championships
YearLocationPole Vault
2018Berlin, GER5th (5.80)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017
YearPole Vault
20191 x 4th, 3 x 5th, 1 x 6th
20182 x 2nd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 6th
20171 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 4th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventLocationResult
12017Pole VaultRabat, MAR5.85
22018Pole VaultRabat, MAR5.80
22018Pole VaultRome, ITA5.78
22017Pole VaultZurich, SUI5.80
22017Pole VaultLausanne, SUI5.93
42019Pole VaultMonaco, MON5.87
42018Pole VaultStockholm, SWE5.76
42017Pole VaultParis Saint-Denis, FRA5.62
52019Pole VaultZurich, SUI5.73
52019Pole VaultOslo, NOR5.71
52019Pole VaultStockholm, SWE5.36

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
42020Pole VaultWorld Athletics Continental TourChorzow, POL5.52
62021Pole VaultWorld Athletics Continental TourBydgoszcz, POL5.50
62020Pole VaultWorld Athletics Continental TourOstrava, CZE5.34

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020
RankYearEventCompetitionLocationResult
12018Pole VaultWorld ChallengeOstrava, CZE5.75
42019Pole VaultWorld ChallengeOstrava, CZE5.71
42017Pole VaultWorld ChallengeBerlin, GER5.61
42017Pole VaultWorld ChallengeTurku, FIN5.46

World Indoor Championships
YearLocationPole Vault
2018Birmingham, GBR13th (5.60)


Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final
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Staying active, playing video games, reading books, crosswords. (Za Linia Mety YouTube channel, 11 Jun 2020)
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Armed Forces Athlete
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Physical Education - Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Wife Aleksandra
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English, Polish
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CWZS Zawisza Bydgoszcz [Poland]
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Vyacheslav Kalinichenko [personal], UKR, from 2019
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He missed the 2013 World Championships in Moscow, Russian Federation, because of a knee injury. (polskieradio.pl, 15 Aug 2013)

In 2012 he was troubled by a biceps femoris [thigh muscle] injury. (IAAF, 03 Mar 2014; pzla.pl, 16 Jun 2012)

In late 2011 he suffered a broken cheekbone after his pole snapped and hit him in the face during training. He required surgery and missed a month of training. (IAAF, 03 Mar 2014)

He has suffered from Scheuermann's disease, a condition affecting the vertebrae in his back. (fakt.pl, 05 Sep 2011)
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He was introduced to athletics at age four, and went to his first training session in 1998 at age nine in Bydgoszcz, Poland. (IAAF, 03 Mar 2014; tvp.pl, 07 Sep 2019)
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His grandfather introduced him to the sport. "I don't remember it very well, but I know I was a wild child. I jumped from the table, landed on the futon and broke it. I needed some kind of activity. My grandfather would organise a family Olympics. Everybody had to do a long jump to the sandpit, and all the jumps were measured. I must admit I didn't always win. If my father took off well he could land a bit further. There was also shot put, high jump, running. The pole vault I tried myself, over the fence." (IAAF, 03 Mar 2014)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to vault six metres. (Za Linia Mety YouTube channel, 11 Jun 2020)
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Winning gold in pole vault at the 2011 World Championships in Daegu, Republic of Korea. (tvp.pl, 07 Sep 2019)
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Soviet and Ukrainian pole vaulter Sergey Bubka. (IAAF, 03 Mar 2014)
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His family. (tvp.pl, 07 Sep 2019)
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"Carpe diem [Seize the day]." (fakt.pl, 05 Sep 2011)
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He received the 2011 Golden Spike, given to the male athlete of the year in Poland. (pzla.pl, 26 Oct 2011)

In 2011 he received the Gold Medal for Contribution to the Defense of the Country, a military honour in Poland. (rmf24.pl, 08 Sep 2011)

General Interest

General
NEW COACH
He began training under Vyacheslav Kalinichenko after his previous coach Wieslaw Czapiewski passed away in 2019. "Vyacheslav is excellent, as he uses everything I had worked on with coach Czapiewski. He believes in me, he is willing to work and comes up with new ideas every now and then. I really enjoy my sessions with him. I love to do it, and his technical innovations. I catch on to them quickly and try to improve myself." (tvp.pl, 28 Jun 2020)

MENTAL BARRIER
During the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, his pole broke during a jump. He says the incident created a mental barrier that has affected his jumping. "I still have Wuhan in my head, it's in the back of my mind, I have fears, my body prevents me from jumping like before. It's not about technical errors, I am just afraid." (wp.pl, 06 Mar 2021)

EMOTIONAL GOLD
He dedicated his gold medal at the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, People's Republic of China, to his coach Wieslaw Czapiewski, who passed away while Wojciechowski was at the competition. "I lost not only a coach, but also a friend and mentor. It's very hard for me, but I know that my coach left something behind - these five years of our hard work were not in vain. When I was winning this medal, he was in his last journey and I couldn't be there with him, so I could only dedicate this medal to him." (interia.pl, 01 Dec 2019; naszemiasto.pl, 15 Jan 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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