MARSCHALL Kurtis

Olympic Games

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	Qual. (5.60)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2017	London, GBR	7th (5.65)

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

Year	Pole Vault
2018	2 x 4th, 1 x 6th, 1 x 8th
2017	2 x 4th, 1 x 6th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
4	2018	Pole Vault	London, GBR	5.80
4	2018	Pole Vault	Shanghai, CHN	5.71
4	2017	Pole Vault	Zurich, SUI	5.73
4	2017	Pole Vault	Lausanne, SUI	5.73
6	2018	Pole Vault	Paris Saint-Denis, FRA	5.70
6	2017	Pole Vault	Monaco, MON	5.72
8	2018	Pole Vault	Rabat, MAR	5.45

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	Pole Vault
2018	Birmingham, GBR	4th (5.80)

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

Photography, social media. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 09 Apr 2018)

Athlete, Student

Human Movement Studies - University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, AUS

English

He missed the majority of 2019 with shoulder injuries and a back stress fracture that was diagnosed in April that year. He was unable to compete at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. (smh.com.au, 02 Feb 2020; perthnow.com.au, 31 Jan 2020)

In 2018 he broke both his heel bones after a failed landing. (theaustralian.com.au, 05 Apr 2019)

He began pole vaulting at age 12. In 2011 he decided to focus on the sport over Australian rules football, which he had shown promise in. (adelaidenow.com.au, 29 Dec 2015)

"I had so much energy as a kid, mum had to keep me busy somehow." His decision to pursue athletics over Australian rules football was partly due to him experiencing a growth spurt. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 09 Apr 2018; adelaidenow.com.au, 29 Dec 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (canberratimes.com.au, 02 Feb 2020)

Qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 09 Apr 2018)

Australian pole vaulter Steve Hooker. (thesportsgroup.com.au, 25 Apr 2018)

Coach Alan Launder, who died in 2014. "Alan was a mastermind of pole vault and I worked with him quite closely. He inspired me to start working hard and start believing in what I could achieve. I was absolutely distraught when he died. I think about him every single training session." (commonwealthgames.com.au, 09 Apr 2018; adelaidenow.com.au, 29 Dec 2015)

"I don't even think about the risk or danger element in pole vault. I do like the adrenaline rush when you clear the bar, but you don't even think about how high it is. You think about technique and what you have to do to get over it." (theaustralian.com.au, 05 Apr 2019)

He was named Athlete of the Year for 2017/18 by Athletics South Australia. (aspiretalentgroup.com.au, 24 Feb 2019)

In 2017 he was named Junior Male Athlete of the Year by the South Australian Sports Institute [SASI]. (aspiretalentgroup.com.au, 24 Feb 2019)

He was named 2016/17 Junior Athlete of the Year by Athletics Australia. (aspiretalentgroup.com.au, 24 Feb 2019)

He was named 2016/17 Male Track and Field Athlete of the Year by Athletics South Australia. (aspiretalentgroup.com.au, 24 Feb 2019)