DUPLANTIS Armand

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2019	Doha, QAT	2nd (5.97)
2017	London, GBR	9th (5.50)

European Championships

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2018	Berlin, GER	1st (6.05)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	Pole Vault
2021	2 x 1st, 1 x 2nd
2020	4 x 1st
2019	1 x 1st, 2 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2018	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2017	1 x 4th, 1 x 7th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	Pole Vault	Stockholm, SWE	6.02
1	2021	Pole Vault	Oslo, NOR	6.01
1	2020	Pole Vault	Doha, QAT	5.82
1	2020	Pole Vault	Rome, ITA	6.15
1	2020	Pole Vault	Stockholm, SWE	6.01
1	2020	Pole Vault	Monaco, MON	6.00
1	2019	Pole Vault	Stanford, CA, USA	5.93
1	2018	Pole Vault	Stockholm, SWE	5.86
2	2021	Pole Vault	Gateshead, GBR	5.55
2	2019	Pole Vault	Zurich, SUI	5.83
2	2019	Pole Vault	Monaco, MON	5.92
2	2018	Pole Vault	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	5.90

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	Pole Vault	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	6.10
1	2021	Pole Vault	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	5.90

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2019	Pole Vault	World Challenge	Berlin, GER	5.80

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2018	Birmingham, GBR	7th (5.70)

World Junior Championships

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2018	Tampere, FIN	1st (5.82)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Mondo (bbc.co.uk, 08 Feb 2020)

Running, golf. (as.com, 15 Jul 2020; redbull.com, 08 Feb 2020)

Athlete

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

English

Greg Duplantis [father], USA; Helena Duplantis [mother], SWE

His older brother Antoine has competed in baseball, and in 2019 was drafted by the New York Mets of the MLB in the United States of America. His other brother Andreas has competed in pole vault at youth international level, and represented Sweden at the 2012 Junior World Championships in Barcelona, Spain. His father Greg also competed in pole vault at international level representing the United States of America, including in the United States Olympic trials for the 1996 Games in Atlanta. His mother Helena [nee Hedlund] competed in heptathlon and volleyball at university level in the United States of America. His parents Greg and Helena won the 2020 World Athletics Coaching Achievement Award. (bbc.co.uk, 14 Feb 2020; olympics.nbcsports.com, 08 Feb 2020; redbull.com, 08 Feb 2020; digitaljournal.com, 30 Sep 2017; theadvertiser.com, 15 May 2019; worldathletics.org, 05 Dec 2020)

He began pole vaulting at age three in his family's back yard in Lafayette, LA, United States of America. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 15 Feb 2020)

"I used to play baseball and football, but pole vault and athletics is just so big in our family. I was set up for success from a very young age. I had a good support group around me. I had all the equipment I needed accessible to me." (cityam.com, 02 Mar 2020)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (telegraph.co.uk, 14 Feb 2020)

Setting his first pole vault world record of 6.17m at the 2020 World Indoor Tour meet in Torun, Poland. (worldathletics.org, 08 Feb 2020)

French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie. (diamondleague.com, 11 Feb 2020)

His parents. (tokyo2020.org, 05 Mar 2020)

He listens to rap music before he competes. (redbull.com, 08 Feb 2020)

"Pole vaulting to me is like riding a bike." (redbull.com, 08 Feb 2020)

He was named Male Athlete of the Year for 2020 by World Athletics. (bbc.co.uk, 05 Dec 2020; worldathletics.org, 05 Dec 2020)

He was named 2020 Male International Athlete of the Year by British magazine Athletics Weekly. (athleticsweekly.com, 03 Dec 2020)

While competing for Louisiana State University in the United States of America, in 2019 he was named Southeastern Conference [SEC] Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year. The same year he also received the SEC Indoor Field Athlete of the Year award, and the US Track and Field and Cross-Country Coaches Association [USTFCCCA] Indoor South Central Region Field Athlete of the Year award. In 2019 he was also selected by the USTFCCCA as one of three male finalists for The Bowerman award, which recognises the top collegiate athletics competitor in the United States of America. (lsusports.net, 26 Sep 2019)

He was named 2018 International Association of Athletics Federations [IAAF] Rising Star of the Year. (lsusports.net, 26 Sep 2019)

While at high school he was named 2017 Gatorade National Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year in the United States of America. (lsusports.net, 26 Sep 2019)