Armand Duplantis

Armand Duplantis
	Duplantis jumps 6.00 metres in pole at Stockholm Stadium on 24 August 2019.
Personal information
Birth name	Armand Gustav Duplantis
Nickname	Mondo Duplantis
Nationality	Swedish; American;
Born	10 November 1999 (age 24); Lafayette, Louisiana, U.S.
Education	Louisiana State University
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
Country	Sweden
Sport	Athletics
Event	Pole vault
Club	Upsala IF
Coached by	Greg Duplantis & Helena Duplantis
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	1st (2023)
Personal bests	6.24 m WR (Xiamen 2024) ; Indoors ; 6.22 m WR (Clermont-Ferrand 2023)
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Indoor Championships
Diamond League
European Championships
European Indoor Championships
World Junior Championships
European Junior Championships
World Youth Championships

Armand Gustav Duplantis^[3] (born 10 November 1999)^[4] is a Swedish-American pole vaulter, the current world outdoor and indoor record holder (6.24 metres (20 ft 5+1⁄2 in) and 6.22 metres (20 ft 5 in)), the current Olympic and two time World outdoor (2022 and 2023) and two-time indoor champion, the current European champion, and the current Diamond League champion. He won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. Duplantis is a three-time European champion from 2018, when he set current world under-20 record, and from 2022 and 2024, he is 2022 World Indoor Championship and 2021 European Indoor Championship gold medallist.

Duplantis won title 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 also a three-time Diamond League champion.

Both European and World Athletics Male Rising Star of the Year in 2018, two years later he was voted World Male Athlete of the Year. For his 2022 season, which saw him breaking 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. As of February 2023, he has cleared six metres or higher 60 times, the most of any athlete in history.

^ ^a ^b "European Athletics". Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
^ "World Rankings | Men's Pole Vault". Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ "Franska avslöjandet: Mondos okända mellannamn" Archived 14 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 25 July 2021
^ "Armand DUPLANTIS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[EAA-1] "European Athletics". Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[2] "World Rankings | Men's Pole Vault". Archived from the original on 30 December 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.

[3] "Franska avslöjandet: Mondos okända mellannamn" Archived 14 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 25 July 2021

[WAprofile-4] "Armand DUPLANTIS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

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