Wojciech Buciarski

Wojciech Buciarski

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 Warsaw
Medal record Representing Poland European Athletics Indoor Championships 1975 Katowice Pole vault

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

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Poland
1971	European Indoor Championships	Sofia, Bulgaria	7th	4.80 m
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	13th (q)	4.90 m
1972	Olympic Games	Munich, West Germany	10th	5.00 m
1973	European Indoor Championships	Rotterdam, Netherlands	10th	4.80 m
1974	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	4th	5.20 m
	European Championships	Rome, Italy	4th	5.30 m
1975	European Indoor Championships	Katowice, Poland	2nd	5.30 m
1976	Olympic Games	Montreal, Canada	5th	5.45 m
1979	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	5th	5.40 m