Pauls Pujats | |
Sport: | Men's athletics |
Event: | Pole vault |
Nationality: | Latvian |
Birth Date: | 6 August 1991 |
Height: | [1] |
Weight: | 83 kg |
Pb: | Pole vault: 5.70 m (2016) |
Pauls Pujats (born 6 August 1991) is a Latvian track and field athlete who competes in the pole vault coached by Tyler Fraizer. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics and was a finalist. He was a finalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[2] He holds a personal best of, set indoors in 2016.[3] He competed at the European Athletics Championships in 2012 and 2014.
He was runner-up to Shawn Barber at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He attended the University of Memphis from 2012 to 2015 and competed for their Memphis Tigers team.[4]
2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 6th | Pole vault | 5.10 m | |
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 9th | Pole vault | 5.30 m | |
Universiade | Shenzhen, China | — | Pole vault | |||
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | Pole vault | ||
2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 17th (q) | Pole vault | 5.20 m | |
2014 | European Championships | Zurich, Switzerland | — | Pole vault | ||
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 12th | Pole vault |