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Line 73: }} '''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 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 the very 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" />. Line 140: On 19 February, Duplantis won the [[Meeting Hauts de France Pas de Calais]] in [[Liévin|Liévin, France]] by clearing {{Height|m=6.07}}, after which he made three unsuccessful attempts at the new world record height of {{Height|m=6.19}}. A few days later, on 23 February, he won the [[All Star Perche]] in [[Clermont-Ferrand]], France by clearing {{Height|m=6.01}} in his last indoor competition for the season, which ended with new unsuccessful attempts at {{Height|m=6.19}}.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} On 21 February, after the seventh and final Gold level meeting of the [[2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour]] series in Madrid ended, Duplantis emerged as the overall winner of the 2020 World Indoor Tour after securing a total of 36 points from his best three results from the tour (which were in Toruń , Glasgow and Liévin). This is his first [[World Athletics Indoor Tour]] title.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/standings/2020/men | title=World Athletics Indoor Tour | World Athletics }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=24 Feb 2020 |title=2020 World Athletics Indoor Tour winners secure wildcards for Nanjing |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/news/indoor-tour-2020-winners |url-status=dead |access-date=16 Sep 2024 |work=World Athletics}}</ref> On 17 September at the Rome Golden Gala Pietro Mennea [[Diamond League]], Duplantis broke [[Sergey Bubka]]'s outdoor world best of {{Height|m=6.14}}, with a second-attempt clearance of {{Height|m=6.15}}. Note that World Athletics does not recognize the indoor and outdoor pole vault as separate events; Duplantis already held the world record at {{Height|m=6.18}} from his indoor clearance in February 2020.[[File:Armand Duplantis at the 2020 Bauhaus Galan meeting in Stockholm.jpg|thumb|upright|Duplantis at the 2020 [[BAUHAUS-galan]] meeting in Stockholm|left]] Line 163: Duplantis got his 2023 campaign off to strong start at the Mondo Classic in [[Uppsala]], the meet named after his nickname. His winning height of {{Height|m=6.10}} represented not only his best ever season opener but also the highest season-opening performance of any pole vaulter in history. He also broke Bubka's record of 11 vaults of 6.10 m or higher (including indoors and outdoors).<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 February 2023 |title=Duplantis and Warholm open seasons with world-leading marks |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/duplantis-uppsala-warholm-ulsteinvik-610-4531-sutej-ostrava |access-date=3 February 2023 |website=[[World Athletics]] |archive-date=3 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203094234/https://worldathletics.org/news/report/duplantis-uppsala-warholm-ulsteinvik-610-4531-sutej-ostrava |url-status=live}}</ref> On 25 February at the [[All Star Perche]] indoor meeting in [[Clermont-Ferrand]], France, Duplantis broke the world record again, clearing {{Height|m=6.22}} to increase the number of his career six-metre-plus jumps to 60.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=25 February 2023 |title=Mondo Duplantis breaks pole vault world record for sixth time |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2023/02/25/mondo-duplantis-pole-vault-world-record-perche-indoor/ |access-date=25 February 2023 |website=[[NBC Sports]] |language=en |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330025819/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2023/02/25/mondo-duplantis-pole-vault-world-record-perche-indoor/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On 26 August 2023, Duplantis defended his world title at the [[2023 World Athletics Championships|2023 World Athletics Championahips]] in Budapest, Hungary with a winning jump of 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/world-athletics-championships-budapest-2023-7138987/news/report/wch-budapest-23-report-men-pole-vault | title=Duplantis soars to second pole vault gold in Budapest | News | Budapest 23 | World Athletics Championships }}</ref> On 17 September, he broke his own world record when he cleared 6.23 m (20 ft 5 1/4 in) at the [[Prefontaine Classic]] in [[Eugene, Oregon]].<ref>[https://www.flotrack.org/articles/11225488-armand-duplantis-soars-to-world-record-in-mens-pole-vault-at-pre-classic Armand Duplantis Soars To World Record In Men's Pole Vault At Pre Classic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230919024112/https://www.flotrack.org/articles/11225488-armand-duplantis-soars-to-world-record-in-mens-pole-vault-at-pre-classic |date=19 September 2023 }}, ''[[FloSports|FloTrack]]'', 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.</ref> Line 179: On 5 August, at the [[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|Paris Olympics]], Duplantis retained his Olympic title from [[Athletics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|2020]]. He won with a jump of 6.00 m, after [[Sam Kendricks]] failed to clear higher than 5.95 m. He then jumped 6.10 m to break the Olympic record set by [[Thiago Braz]] at the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's pole vault|2016 Olympics]] and finally jumped 6.25 m, on his third attempt at that height, setting a new world record. In an interesting repeat of the [[2024 European Athletics Championships|2024 European Championships]], Duplantis was the only competitor to clear 6 m, cleared both 6.00 m and 6.10 m on his first try and again attempted to break his own world record of 6.24 m. He both created a world record and broke his own Olympic record, set 20 minutes earlier.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Liew |first=Jonathan |date=5 August 2024 |title=Duplantis achieves new heights after pole vault world record adds to gold |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/05/2024-paris-olympic-games-armand-duplantis-pole-vault-world-record |access-date=6 August 2024 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language= |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> With his title at Paris Olympics, the 24-year-old Duplantis became the first back-to-back Olympic champion in men's pole vault since American [[Bob Richards]], who won in the [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki Games]] and the [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne Games]]. Duplantis and Richards are the only men's pole vaulters with two Olympic golds in the event.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thompson II |first=Marcus |date=6 Aug 2024 |title=Mondo Duplantis soars to new world record, Olympic gold again: Due to his ability to perform under pressure and continually improve, Duplantis has established himself as a once-in-a-generation talent in athletics<ref name=":4" /> and drawn comparison to legends in other sports.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 Aug 2024 |title=Mondo Duplantis Soars to New Heights: Sets World Record at Paris 2024 Olympics |url=https://trackalerts.com/2024/08/mondo-duplantis-soars-to-new-heights-sets-world-record-at-paris-2024-olympics/ |url-status=dead |access-date=3 Oct 2024 |work=Trackalerts.com}}</ref>[[The New York Times]] reported that Duplantis is to pole vaulting what [[Usain Bolt]] was to sprinting; [[Michael Phelps]] to swimming; [[Simone Biles]] to gymnastics.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tharme |first=Liam |date=5 Aug 2024 |title=Mondo Duplantis: Breaking down the biomechanics behind the best-ever pole vaulter |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5646961/2024/08/05/mondo-duplantis-biomechanics-pole-vault/ |url-status=dead |access-date=30 Sep 2024 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> Duplantis' supremacy in the pole vault is so overwhelming that he often best his peers by almost a foot - a staggering gap considering medals are often won by margins of a centimeter.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sherwood |first=Ben |date=8 Aug 2024 |title=Why This Pole Vaulter Is Even Bigger Than the One With the Bulge |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/pole-vault-goat-mondo-duplantis-soaredliterallyat-the-paris-olympics |url-status=dead |access-date=30 Sep 2024 |work=The Daily Beast}}</ref> His consistency has been unmatched having won all his competition events since July 2023 where the super Swede last tasted defeat at a [[2023 Herculis|Diamond League event in Monaco]].<ref name="WAprofile" /> By winning a second straight gold medal and breaking the record for the ninth time — each time by one centimete, Swedish star Duplantis cemented his status as the greatest pole vaulter in history.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> His victory at the Paris Olympics marked the point Duplantis has passed the rarefied height of retired Ukrainian pole vaulter [[Sergey Bubka]], his main competition in the argument for the greatest pole vaulter of all time.<ref name="Stump2024" /> Line 186: ==== "Karsten vs. Mondo" ==== On 4 September, the day before the [[Weltklasse Zürich|Zürich Diamond League]], Duplantis competed in an exhibition [[100 metres|100 m]] event against [[400 metres hurdles|400 m hurdles]] world record holder [[Karsten Warholm]]. Duplantis won in a new personal best of 10.37 seconds, while Warholm finished second in 10.47 seconds, also a personal best.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mondo Duplantis uses personal best to hold off Karsten Warholm in 100m sprint showdown |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/mondo-duplantis-uses-personal-best-to-hold-off-karsten-warholm-in-100m-sprint-showdown}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/articles/c14zydg3754o|title=Duplantis beats Warholm in 100m exhibition race|date=4 September 2024 |publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=4 September 2024}}</ref> On 13 September, Duplantis won his fourth Diamond League trophy at the [[2024 Diamond League|2024 Final in Brussels]], winning the competition with a meeting record of 6.11 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/diamond-league/news/wanda-diamond-league-final-brussels-2024-duplantis-denny|title=Duplantis and Denny break meeting records on first day of Wanda Diamond League Final in Brussels|publisher=World Athletics|accessdate=13 September 2024}}</ref> Line 328: ** [[2020 Diamond League#Field|2020]] (7): [[Bislett Games|Oslo]], [[2020 Herculis|Monaco]], Stockholm ({{AthAbbr|WL}} {{AthAbbr|MR}}), [[Athletissima|Lausanne]] (WL '''{{AthAbbr|DLR}})''', [[Memorial Van Damme|Brussels]] (MR), [[2020 Golden Gala|Rome]] (WL '''DLR''' {{AthAbbr|NR}}), [[Doha Diamond League|Doha]] (=MR) ** [[2021 Diamond League#Field|2021]] (5): Oslo (MR), Stockholm (MR), [[Meeting de Paris|Paris]] (MR), Brussels (MR), [[Weltklasse Zürich|Zürich]] (MR) ** [[2022 Diamond League|2022]] (7): Doha, [[Prefontaine Classic|Eugene]], Oslo (WL MR), Stockholm ('''DLR'''), [[Kamila Skolimowska Memorial|Chorzów Silesia]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://silesia.diamondleague.com/news/silesia/we-are-a-part-of-the-diamond-league/ | title=We are a part of the Diamond League!!! }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://silesia.diamondleague.com/news/silesia/in-the-diamond-league-for-good-silesian-stadium-making-athletics-history/ | title=In the Diamond League for next 5 years! }}</ref> (MR), Lausanne (MR), Zürich (MR) ** [[2023 Diamond League|2023]] (6): [[2023 Bislett Games|Oslo]], [[2023 BAUHAUS-galan|Stockholm]], [[2023 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial|Chorzów Silesia]], [[2023 Weltklasse Zürich|Zürich]], [[2023 Memorial Van Damme|Brussels]] (MR), [[2023 Prefontaine Classic|Eugene]] (WR) ** [[2024 Diamond League|2024]] (7): [[2024 Xiamen Diamond League|Xiamen]] (WR), [[2024 Diamond League Shanghai|Shanghai]], [[2024 BAUHAUS-galan|Stockholm]], [[2024 Meeting de Paris|Paris]], Lausanne (MR), Chorzów Silesia (WR), Brussels (MR) Line 397: |- |} ''Source:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whittington |first=Jess |date=7 December 2022 |title=Two-time World Athlete of the Year, Duplantis continues to soar |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/awards/news/mondo-duplantis-pole-vault-athlete-year-2022 |access-date=7 December 2022 |website=[[World Athletics]] |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720162530/https://worldathletics.org/awards/news/mondo-duplantis-pole-vault-athlete-year-2022 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="WAprofile" />''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/aars_Men.html | title=Absolute Age Records (Men) }}</ref> === Honours === | |||