Valentin Lavillenie

Valentin Lavillenie (born 16 July 1991) is a French athlete specialising in the pole vault.[1] He won the gold medal at the 2013 Jeux de la Francophonie. Lavillenie was born in Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire. He is the younger brother of another pole vaulter, world record holder Renaud Lavillenie.

He has personal bests of 5.71 metres outdoors at Saint-Denis de la Réunion (2016) and 5.80 metres indoors at Nevers (2015).

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  France
2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 5th 5.40 m
European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 3rd 5.50 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 11th (q) 5.55 m[note 1]
Jeux de la Francophonie Nice, France 1st 5.50 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 6th 5.65 m

Notes

  1. No mark in the final

References

  1. Valentin Lavillenie profile at IAAF


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