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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. As of August 2024 [update] , Duplantis has cleared six metres or higher in competition more times than any athlete in history, including the ten highest heights of all time .
The first world record in the men's pole vault was recognized by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1912. [1] As of April 20, 2024, 80 world records have been ratified by the IAAF (now World Athletics) in the event. Since 2000, World Athletics makes no distinction between indoor and outdoor settings when establishing pole ...
Duplantis is the best pole vaulter of all time — and he's only 24. As far as having the majority of the highest vaults in history, Duplantis stands alone.
Born in Luhansk, Sergey Nazarovych Bubka was a track-and-field athlete in the 100-meter dash and the long jump, but became a world-class champion only when he turned to the pole vault. In 1983, he won the world championship in Helsinki, Finland, and the following year set his first world record, clearing 5.85m (19 ft 2 in).
Yelena Gadzhievna Isinbayeva (Russian: Елена Гаджиевна Исинбаева, IPA: [jɪˈlʲɛnə gɐˈdʐɨjɪvnə ɪsʲɪnˈbajɪvə]; born 3 June 1982) is a Russian former pole vaulter. She is twice an Olympic gold medalist (2004 and 2008), three-times a World Champion (2005, 2007 and 2013), the current world record holder in the ...
Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping was already practiced by the ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks and the ancient Irish people, although modern pole vaulting, an athletic ...
Continental Cup. 2018 Ostrava. Pole vault. Samuel Hathorn Kendricks (born September 7, 1992) is an American pole vaulter. [1] He is a three-time indoor and six-time outdoor national champion (2014–2019), the 2016 Olympics bronze [3] [4] and 2024 Olympics silver medalist, and the 2017 and 2019 World Champion.
Pole vault. Pan American Games. 1967 Winnipeg. Pole vault. Robert Seagren (born October 17, 1946) is a retired American pole vaulter, the 1968 Olympic champion. A native of Pomona, California, Seagren was one of the world's top pole vaulters in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won six National AAU and four NCAA titles indoors and outdoors.