| Mareks Ārents | |
| Nationality: | Latvian |
| Birth Date: | 5 August 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Riga, Latvia |
| Height: | 1.89m (06.2feet) |
| Weight: | 78kg (172lb) |
| Sport: | Track and field |
| Event: | Pole vault |
| Coach: | Igors Izotovs, Marita Ārente, Maigonis Pūliņš |
| Pb: | 5.70 m (2016) |
Mareks Ārents (born 6 August 1986) is a Latvian track and field athlete competing in the pole vault. He has won the Latvian national championship 12 times. His personal record is 5.70 m, set in Jablonec in 2016. It is the third-best vault in the history of Latvian pole vault behind Aleksandrs Obižajevs's Latvian record (5.80 m) and Valters Kreišs (5.72 m).
He qualified for 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but did not reach the final.[1] [2] He also competed at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships.
At the 2013 European Indoor Championships he jumped 5.50 m, ranking him in 11th place, missing the final by 10 cm. In the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, at the XIII European Athletic Festival Ārents won the pole vault with a vault of 5.50 m.
| Representing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 22nd (q) | 5.35 m | |
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 11th (q) | 5.50 m | |
| Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 8th | 5.30 m | ||
| World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 33rd (q) | 5.25 m | ||
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | – | NM | |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 11th (q) | 5.60 m | |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | 25th (q) | 5.55 m | ||
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 6th | 5.50 m | |
| Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 16th (q) | 5.45 m | ||
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 8th | 5.60 m | |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 22nd (q) | 5.36 m | |