Wojciech Buciarski Explained

Birth Place:Warsaw, Poland
Height:1.8m (05.9feet)
Weight:72kg (159lb)
Sport:Pole vault
Club:Skra Warszawa
Legia Warsaw
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Wojciech Jan Buciarski (born 17 April 1950) is a retired Polish pole vaulter. He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and finished in tenth and fifth place, respectively. He won a silver medal at the 1975 European Athletics Indoor Championships with a jump of 5.30 m; the same year he set his personal best at 5.50 m.

Buciarski is the father of Piotr Buciarski, an Olympic pole vaulter competing for Denmark, and father-in-law of Rachel Yurkovich, an American javelin thrower. As of 2013 he was living in Denmark and coaching Cathrine Larsåsen, a Norwegian pole vaulter.

International competitions

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Representing Poland
1971Sofia, Bulgaria7th4.80 m
Helsinki, Finland13th (q)4.90 m
1972Munich, West Germany10th5.00 m
1973Rotterdam, Netherlands10th4.80 m
1974Gothenburg, Sweden4th5.20 m
Rome, Italy4th5.30 m
1975Katowice, Polandbgcolor=silver2nd5.30 m
1976Montreal, Canada5th5.45 m
1979Vienna, Austria5th5.40 m