Armand Duplantis won the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships.
10 Facts About Armand Duplantis
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Armand Duplantis won title as a 15-year-old at the 2015 World Youth Championships.
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Armand Duplantis was born into an athletic family in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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Armand Duplantis's mother claimed at the same time that while Duplantis felt shy about speaking Swedish in public, he was very happy to do so in private, where there was less pressure.
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On 1 April 2017, Armand Duplantis jumped 5.90 m at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, improving his personal record and setting a new World Junior Record.
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On 6 March, Armand Duplantis competed at the 2021 European Indoor Championships.
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Armand Duplantis was the overwhelming favourite to win the title after the late withdrawal of Renaud Lavillenie with injury.
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Armand Duplantis compared the competition against Duplantis that evening as being a regular footballer "trying to emulate Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo" and that his superiority over the world's best pole vaulters was "impressive and ridiculous".
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Armand Duplantis got his 2023 campaign off to strong start at the Mondo Classic in Uppsala, the meet named after him.
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Armand Duplantis broke Bubka's record of 11 vaults of 6.10 m or higher.