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Łukasz Mamczarz

Łukasz Mamczarz

Polish Paralympic athlete (born 1988)

Łukasz Maciej Mamczarz (born 14 June 1988) is a Polish Paralympic athlete who competes in F42 classification high jump events.[1]

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Athletics career

Mamczarz represented his country at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London where he won a bronze medal in the high jump (T42).[2] More medals followed in the IPC Athletics World Championships with a pair of bronze medals won in the high jump in 2013 in Lyon and 2015 in Doha. Mamczarz is also a double European Championships gold medalist, winning his event in both Swansea (2014) and Grosseto (2016).[2]

Personal life

Mamczarz was born in Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland in 1988. In 2009 he lost his left leg in a motorcycle accident. He took up sport after a recommendation by his doctors during his rehabilitation.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Mamczarz, Lukasz". paralympic.org. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Mamczarz, Lukasz". IPC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
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