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'''Armand''' "'''Mondo'''" '''Duplantis''' (born 10 November 1999)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Armand Duplantis – Athlete Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/armand-duplantis-14679502 |website=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=1 January 2023 |archive-date=9 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709231226/https://worldathletics.org/athletes/sweden/armand-duplantis-14679502 |url-status=live}}</ref> is a Swedish-American [[pole vault]]er.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Evelyn Watta |first=Evelyn |date=21 Aug 2024 |title=POLE VAULT STAR MONDO DUPLANTIS: "I WOULD LIKE TO JUMP OVER 6.30M" |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/mondo-duplantis-target-6m-30cm-record-interview |url-status=dead |access-date=7 Sep 2024 |work=Olympics.com website |pages=1}}</ref> Widely regarded as the greatest pole vaulter of all time,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=5 Aug 2024 |title=Record-breaker Duplantis soars to Olympic pole vault gold, Hodgkinson wins 800m |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20240805-record-breaker-duplantis-soars-to-pole-vault-gold-hodgkinson-wins-800m |work=AFP}}</ref><ref name="Stump2024">{{cite news |last1=Stump |first1=Scott |date=6 August 2024 |title=Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis thrills the world with a towering, death-defying vault |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/mondo-duplantis-world-record-pole-vault-rcna165383 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240806202927/https://www.today.com/popculture/mondo-duplantis-world-record-pole-vault-rcna165383 |archive-date=6 August 2024 |work=TODAY.com}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Pells |first=Eddie |date=6 Aug 2024 |title=Armand “Mondo” Duplantis breaks pole vault world record in gold-medal performance at Olympics |url=https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-lyles-kipyegon-track-83b6724f92e53cff78508ce4e2117865?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share |url-status=dead |access-date=11 Sep 2024 |work=Associated Press}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Fameso |first=Funmilayo |date=28 Aug 2024 |title=Usain Bolt of Pole Vaulting: 9 fascinating things about the GOAT of athletics with TEN world records |url=https://www.pulsesports.co.ke/athletics/story/usain-bolt-of-pole-vaulting-9-fascinating-things-about-the-goat-of-athletics-with-ten-world-records-2024082807152685975 |work=Pulse Sports}}</ref> Duplantis is the [[List of world records in athletics|world outdoor and indoor record]] holder ({{convert|6.26|m|ftin|disp=or}}, and {{convert|6.22|m|ftin|disp=or}}, respectively). He's a two-time Olympic ([[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|2020]] and [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|2024]]) champion, two-time World outdoor ([[2022 World Athletics Championships|2022]] and [[2023 World Athletics Championships|2023]]) and [[2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships|indoor]] champion<ref name="Stump2024" />, and the current [[2022 European Athletics Championships|European]] champion.

Duplantis won titles as a 15-year-old at the [[2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics|2015 World Youth Championships]]. A year later, he placed third at the [[2016 IAAF World U20 Championships|World U20 Championships]]. In 2017, he took the [[2017 European Athletics U20 Championships|European U20]] title, and the following year, [[2018 IAAF World U20 Championships|World U20]] title. Duplantis is one of onlythe elevenvery few athletes in history (including [[Usain Bolt]]) to win world championships at the youth, junior, and senior level of an athletic event<ref name=":4" />.

Duplantis is a three-time European champion from [[2018 European Athletics Championships|2018]], when he set the current [[List of world under-20 records in athletics|world under-20 record]], and from [[2022 European Athletics Championships|2022]] and [[2024 European Athletics Championships|2024]]. [[European Athletics|European]] and [[World Athletics]] Male Rising Star of the Year in 2018, two years later he was voted [[World Athlete of the Year|World Male Athlete of the Year]]. He was the [[2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2021 European Indoor Championships]] gold medalist and at the [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|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 Athlete of the Year|European]] and World Male Athlete of the Year. Duplantis is a four-time [[Diamond League]] Champion, having qualified for and won the pole vault Diamond League Final event in four consecutive years, from 2021 to 2024.