Wojciech Buciarski

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Wojciech Buciarski
File:Wojciech Buciarski 1975.jpg
Wojciech Buciarski in 1975
Personal information
Born 17 April 1950 (1950-04-17) (age 74)
Warsaw, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport Pole vault
Club Skra Warszawa
Legia Warszawa

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]

References

  1. EUROPEAN INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN). gbrathletics.com
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wojciech Buciarski. sports-reference.com
  3. Wojciech Buciarski trenerem norweskiej tyczkarki. sport.interia.pl. 15 March 2013