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Maurice Houvion (born 4 July 1934 in Saulcy-sur-Meurthe, Vosges, France) is a French athlete known for the pole vault during the early transitional time of the fiberglass pole. He represented France at the 1964 Olympics. He was injured at the Olympics and was unable to clear a height. [1]
On August 31, 2022, he broke the French junior pole vault record for the third time in Sankt-Wendel with a jump of 5.81m. He became the second performer in the history of the category behind Armand Duplantis, who vaulted 6.05m in 2018. [citation needed] Ammirati qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics; however
The French pole vaulter went viral on Aug. 3 after a video of one of his pole vault ... Katie Ledecky and Nick Mead Chosen as Flagbearers for 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony . Over the video, the ...
William Hoyt was the first Olympic champion in 1896 and Stacy Dragila became the first female Olympic pole vault champion over 100 years later in 2000. Armand Duplantis and Katie Nageotte are the reigning Olympic champions from 2021. Yelena Isinbayeva, Bob Richards and Armand Duplantis are the only athletes to win two Olympic pole vault titles ...
The men’s pole vault was Ammirati’s only event at the 2024 Olympics. He previously came in second place at the 2022 Mediterranean Games and in first at that year’s World Athletics U20 ...
[3] [4] As of 25 August 2016, he holds the French national records for the highest pole vault clearance both outdoors (6.05 m) and indoors (6.16 m). The 6.16 was the absolute world record for the pole vault for over six years, 2014–2020. He was the pole vault overall winner of the IAAF Diamond League in seven consecutive years, from 2010 to 2016.
French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati reacted to going viral during the 2024 Paris Olympics when it appeared his crotch interfered with his jump.. The first-time Olympian, 21, shared a TikTok video ...
Galfione held the French national outdoor pole vault record from 1993 to 2009. On 21 June 2009 Renaud Lavillenie broke Galfione's French national outdoor pole vault record of 5.98 m (set in Amiens on 23 July 1999), with a jump of 6.01 m. From 2000 to 2002, Galfione was plagued with numerous injuries. He underwent surgery on a collapsed lung ...