Back أرماند دوبلانتيس Arabic ارماند دوپلانتيس ARZ Арман Дзюпланціс Byelorussian Арман Дюплантис Bulgarian Armand Duplantis Catalan Armand Duplantis Czech Armand Duplantis Danish Armand Duplantis German Άρμαντ Ντουπλάντις Greek Armand Duplantis Esperanto
Armand Gustav "Mondo" Duplantis[3] (born 10 November 1999)[4] is a Swedish-American pole vaulter. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pole vaulters of all time, Duplantis is the world outdoor and indoor record holder (6.25 metres or 20 feet 6 inches, and 6.22 metres or 20 feet 5 inches, respectively), two-time Olympic (2020 and 2024) champion, two-time World outdoor (2022 and 2023) and indoor champion, and current European champion.
Duplantis won titles as a 15-year-old at the 2015 World Youth Championships. A year later, he placed third at the World U20 Championships. In 2017, he took the European U20 title, and the following year, World U20 title. Duplantis is one of only eleven athletes (including Usain Bolt) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event.
Duplantis is a three-time European champion from 2018, when he set the current world under-20 record, and from 2022 and 2024. European and World Athletics Male Rising Star of the Year in 2018, two years later he was voted World Male Athlete of the Year. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Duplantis won his first Olympic Gold Medal. For his 2022 season, which saw him break world records three times, becoming World outdoor and indoor champion, European and Diamond League champion, and clearing six-metre-plus 22 times, Duplantis was crowned both European and World Male Athlete of the Year. He was the 2022 World Indoor Championship and 2021 European Indoor Championship gold medalist. Duplantis is a three-time Diamond League champion.
As of August 2024[update], Duplantis has cleared six metres or higher in competition more times than any athlete in history, including the nine highest heights of all time.[5][6] After Renaud Lavillenie cleared 6.16 m (20 ft 2+1/2 in) in 2014, Duplantis has cleared every height from 6.17 m to his current world record of 6.25 m, which he achieved at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Duplantis won the gold with a jump of 6.00 m and broke the world record with a jump of 6.25 m.
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