+ 2020 – the year he breaks the barrier
Armand "Mondo" Duplantis jumps 6.17 meters in the World Championship in Torun, Poland, and takes the world record from Renaud Lavillenie on February 8, 2020. The Frenchman's record of 6.16 meters had stood since 2014.
Just a week later, the 20-year-old improves his record by a centimeter when he clears 6.18 meters in an indoor gala in Glasgow, Scotland.
+ 2022 – three world records and two EM-gold
After having polished his record to 6.19 in an indoor gala in Belgrade on March 7, 2022, "Mondo" returns to the arena in the Serbian capital just over two weeks later for the indoor World Championship. There, he takes his first World Championship gold in his career and, although the ribbon trembled, Duplantis also clears the dream height of 6.20 meters.
At the outdoor World Championship in Eugene, Oregon, in July, the ribbon never trembled. At home in the USA, Duplantis takes his first outdoor World Championship gold in his career and he is far above the new world record of 6.21.
+ 2023 – he honors his idol Lavillenie
When Duplantis grew up, the then world record holder Renaud Lavillenie was the big idol. Now, "Mondo" sets a world record (6.22) in the Frenchman's pole vault gala in Clermont-Ferrand in February.
I want to honor Renaud, without him I wouldn't have jumped this high, he said.
He tries 15 times during the season at 6.23 meters and finally Duplantis – just like the year before, it becomes a world record in Eugene when he jumps over the height in the Diamond League final.
+ 2024 – an electric evening at the Stade de France in Paris
After having polished the record to 6.24 in the Diamond League premiere in Xiamen, China, in April, Armand Duplantis shocks the world in the OS-final in Paris.
After the OS-gold was secured, as well as the Olympic record (6.10), the ribbon was raised to 6.25. After two attempts, the 80,000 spectators at the Stade de France exploded.
World record at the OS – I have dreamed of it a thousand times since I was ten years old.
Three weeks later, the world record stands at 6.26 when he jumps over the height in the Diamond League gala in Katowice, Poland.
+ 2025 – a full house at home
Again, Duplantis strikes, this time in Clermont-Ferrand, France, in February, 6.27.
His 12th world record in his career comes in Stockholm. The dream is fulfilled when "Mondo" jumps over 6.28 and sets a record on the Stockholms stadion.
A world record he equates to winning OS-gold.
