Polish pole vaulter
Wojciech Buciarski
![]() Buciarski in 1975 |
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Born | 17 April 1950 (1950-04-17) (age 74) Warsaw, Poland |
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Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
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Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
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Sport | Pole vault |
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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;[1] the same year he set his personal best at 5.50 m.[2]
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.[2] As of 2013 he was living in Denmark and coaching Cathrine Larsåsen, a Norwegian pole vaulter.[3]
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