Sebastian Michał Chmara (Polish pronunciation: [sɛˈbastjanˈmixawˈxmara]; born 21 November 1971) is a former decathlete from Poland who became world indoor champion in 1999 and European indoor champion in 1998 (both in heptathlon, as decathlon is unsuitable for indoor contests).

His personal bests are 8566 points in the decathlon (Alhama de Murcia 1998) and 6415 points in the indoor heptathlon (Valencia 1998). Both are standing national records.

He is a cousin of a former pole vaulter, Mirosław Chmara.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Poland
1989European Junior ChampionshipsVaraždin, Yugoslavia14thDecathlon6880 pts
1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria7thDecathlon7211 pts
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden–DecathlonDNF
UniversiadeFukuoka, Japan2ndDecathlon8014 pts
1996European Indoor ChampionshipsStockholm, Sweden4thHeptathlon6016 pts
Hypo-MeetingGötzis, Austria14thDecathlon7930 pts
Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States15thDecathlon8249 pts
1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France–HeptathlonDNF
World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece–DecathlonDNF
1998European Indoor ChampionshipsValencia, Spain1stHeptathlon6415 pts
Hypo-MeetingGötzis, Austria6thDecathlon8332 pts
European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary–DecathlonDNF
1999World Indoor ChampionshipsMaebashi, Japan1stHeptathlon6386 pts

Personal bests

Outdoor 100 metres – 11.04 (+1.8 m/s) (1998) 400 metres – 47.76 (1998) 1500 metres – 4:26.96 (1996) 110 metres hurdles – 14.25 (+1.5 m/s) (1998) High jump – 2.14 (2001) Pole vault – 5.20 (1997) Long jump – 7.75 (1996) Shot put – 16.03 (1998) Discus throw – 43.48 (1997) Javelin throw – 58.02 (2000) Decathlon – 8566 (1998) NRIndoor 60 metres – 7.09 (1998) 1000 metres – 2:37.86 (1999) 60 metres hurdles – 7.92 (1998) High jump – 2.17 (1998) Pole vault – 5.30 (1999) Long jump – 7.65 (1998) Shot put – 15.89 (1999) Heptathlon – 6415 (1998) NR

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