Łukasz Mamczarz | |
Full Name: | Łukasz Maciej Mamczarz |
Nationality: | Polish |
Birth Date: | 14 June 1988 |
Birth Place: | Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland |
Sport: | high jump |
Country: | |
Disability Class: | F42 |
Club: | START Gorzów Wielkopolski |
Coach: | Zbigniew Lewkowicz |
Łukasz Maciej Mamczarz (born 14 June 1988) is a Polish Paralympic athlete who competes in F42 classification high jump events.[1]
Mamczarz represented his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London where he won a bronze medal in the high jump (T42).[2] More medals followed in the IPC Athletics World Championships with a pair of bronze medals won in the high jump in 2013 in Lyon and 2015 in Doha. Mamczarz is also a double European Championships gold medalist, winning his event in both Swansea (2014) and Grosseto (2016).[2]
Mamczarz was born in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland in 1988. In 2009 he lost his left leg in a motorcycle accident. He took up sport after a recommendation by his doctors during his rehabilitation.[2]