Paweł Wojciechowski (; born 6 June 1989) is a Polish pole vaulter. He won the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics.
Career Wojciechowski's first major success was the silver medal at the IAAF 12th World Junior Championships in Athletics held in July 2008 in Bydgoszcz, with the result , being until then his personal best. He is an athlete of the Zawisza Bydgoszcz club. His coach is Roman Dakiniewicz.
In March 2009 it was announced, that Wojciechowski would be admitted to take practices in May 2009 with Vitaly Petrov, the pole vault coach of Sergey Bubka and Yelena Isinbayeva. He improved his best mark to 5.86 m at the Flanders Indoor Meeting in February 2011 to break Mirosław Chmara's Polish indoor record, which had stood for 22 years.Records for Wojciechowski and Bolshakova in Gent . European Athletics (14 February 2011). Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
Wojciechowski was the surprise winner at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics, but he fared less well at the 2012 Summer Olympics, failing to record a mark in qualifying. He missed the 2013 season due to injury and did not defend his world title as a result. In 2014 he returned to form at the Orléans leg of the Perche Elite Tour, winning with a clearance of (his best since 2011).Mulkeen, Jon (19 January 2014). Wojciechowski returns with victory in Orleans – indoor round-up. IAAF. Retrieved on 2014-02-23. In 2015, he cleared 5.85 m to win bronze at the World Championships.
In 2017, he improved his personal best to 5.93 m.
Achievements 2007European Junior ChampionshipsHengelo, Netherlands16th (q)4.75 m2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland 2nd5.40 m (PB)2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France4th5.71 mEuropean U23 ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic 1st5.70 m (PB)World Championships Daegu, South Korea 1st5.90 mMilitary World GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil1st5.81 m2012Olympic Games London, United KingdomNM2014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland12th5.40 mEuropean ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland 2nd5.70 m2015World ChampionshipsBeijing, China 3rd5.80 mMilitary World GamesMungyeong, South Korea3rd5.20 m2016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands7th5.30 mOlympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil16th (q)5.45 m2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia3rd5.85 m (SB)World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom5th5.75 m2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom13th 5.60 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany5th5.80 m2019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom1st5.90 m (PB)World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar13th (q)5.70 mMilitary World GamesWuhan, China1st5.60 m2021European Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland13th (q)5.35 mOlympic GamesTokyo, Japan28th (q)5.30 m2023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary22nd (q)5.35 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy21st (q)5.25 m
Personal bests Outdoor 5.93 m (Lausanne 2017)
Indoor 5.90 m (Glasgow 2019)
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