Pauls Pujāts

Career He was a finalist at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada, finishing in sixth place overall with a clearance of 5.10 metres.

He attended the University of Memphis from 2012 to 2015 and competed for their Memphis Tigers team. He was runner-up to Shawn Barber in the pole vault at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. He missed qualification for the 2012 Olympic Games in London by just ten centimetres.

In August 2014, he competed at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zurich, Switzerland.

He competed for Latvia at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where he reached the final after clearing 5.50 metres. However, he failed to reach the same heights in the final. In 2016, he published a book Healthy food for Athletes aimed at urging young people to pay more attention to a healthy lifestyle and diet.

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