Nationality Latvian Sport Track and field Name Mareks Arents Height 1.90 m Events Pole vault | Country Latvia Personal best(s) 5.62m Role Track and field athlete Weight 85 kg | |
Born 5 August 1986 (age 37) ( 1986-08-05 ) Riga, Latvia Coached by Igors Izotovs, Marita Arente, Maigonis Pulins | ||
Mareks Ārents (born 6 August 1986) is a Latvian track and field athlete competing in the pole vault. He has won the Latvian national championship several times. The athlete's personal record is 5.65 m, set in Prague in 2015. It is the second best vault in the history of Latvian pole vault behind Aleksandrs Obižajevs's Latvian record (5.80 m).
He qualified for 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but did not reach the final. He also competed at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships.
At the 2013 European Indoor Championships he jumped 5.50 m, ranking him in 11th place, missing the final by 10 cm. In the Polish city of Bydgoszcz, at the XIII European Athletic Festival Ārents won the pole vault with a vault of 5.50 m.
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