Pauls Pujāts Explained

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]

International competitions

2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada6thPole vault5.10 m
2011European U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic9thPole vault5.30 m
UniversiadeShenzhen, ChinaPole vault
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, FinlandPole vault
2013European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland17th (q)Pole vault5.20 m
2014European ChampionshipsZurich, SwitzerlandPole vault
2016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil12thPole vault

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/pauls-pujats Pauls Pujats
  2. http://www.all-athletics.com/node/175939 Pauls Pujats
  3. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/latvia/pauls-pujats-250465 Pauls Pujats
  4. http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/32753663/ole-miss-sam-kendricks-uofms-pauls-pujats-compete-in-pole-vault-qualifier Sam Kendricks, Pauls Pujats both qualify for men's pole vault final