Armand Duplantis

Armand Duplantis
Personal information
Born (1999-11-10) November 10, 1999
Sport
Country  Sweden
Event(s) Pole vault
Medal record
World Youth Championships
2015 Cali Pole vault
Updated on 20 July 2015.

Armand "Mondo" Duplantis (born November 10, 1999) is an American-Swedish pole vaulter. Duplantis won gold in boys' pole vault at the 2015 World Youth Championships and holds a number of age group world bests.

Biography

Duplantis was born into an athletic family; his American- Cajun French father, Greg Duplantis, was a former pole vaulter with a personal best of 19 ft 1⁄4 in (5.80 m), while his Swedish mother Helena (née Hedlund) was a former heptathlete and volleyball player.[1] His two older brothers, Andreas and Antoine, also took up sports; Andreas represented Sweden as a pole vaulter at the 2009 World Youth Championships and 2012 World Junior Championships, while Antoine dropped pole vault for baseball in high school.[2][3] Armand Duplantis first tried pole vaulting as a four-year-old at the family's home in Lafayette, Louisiana, and took to the event rapidly; he set his first age group world best at age 7, and his jump of 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m) as a ten-year-old surpassed the previous world bests for ages 11 and 12 as well.[4][5] As of July 2015, he holds the world best in all age groups from age 7 to age 12; he held the age 13 record until it was broken in May 2015.[4][6]

In 2015, his freshman year at Lafayette High School, Duplantis set national freshman records both indoors and outdoors and was named Gatorade Louisiana Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year.[7] As a citizen of both the United States and Sweden, Duplantis could have chosen to vault for either country internationally; in June 2015 it was announced that he had selected Sweden.[8][9] Duplantis represented Sweden for the first time at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Cali, Colombia; he won gold on countback with a first-attempt clearance of 5.30 m (17 ft 4 1⁄2 in), improving his personal best by two centimeters and setting a new championship record.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ Raymond A. Partsch III (March 4, 2015). "Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis clearing new heights". The Advocate. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ Tilastopaja profile for Andreas Duplantis
  3. ↑ Randy Rosetta (July 13, 2015). "LSU freshman Antoine Duplantis meshes strong mental approach with athleticism as he steps into a chance to compete". NOLA.com. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Johanna Gretschel (January 14, 2015). "National freshman PV record holder Armand Duplantis wants the world". MileSplit. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ Dave Krider (August 11, 2010). "Louisiana's 10-year old pole vault prodigy". MaxPreps. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  6. ↑ Øystein Jarlsbo (May 18, 2015). "Pål (13) feiret 17. mai som verdensrekordholder i stav" (in Norwegian). vg.no. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Lafayette High pole vaulter Armand Duplantis named Gatorade Louisiana Track & Field Athlete of the Year". The Advocate. July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Stavhoppartalang valde Sverige och Avesta" (in Swedish). Dala-Demokraten. June 3, 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  9. ↑ Ludvig Holmberg (June 2, 2015). "Supertalangen byter landslag till Sverige" (in Swedish). Expressen. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ Pontus Roos (July 20, 2015). "Sveriges nya supertalang fixade guld direkt" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
  11. ↑ Cathal Dennehy (July 19, 2015). "Boys' pole vault – IAAF World Youth Championships, Cali 2015". IAAF. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
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