+ European Championship in Berlin 2018
Duplantis came to the championship as the new star on the pole vault sky. In a crazy final where he beat his personal record three times, he defeated the Russian Timur Morgunov and his childhood idol Renaud Lavillenie, France. The winning height became 6.05 – a new junior world and Swedish record.
+ Indoor European Championship in Torun 2021
After having broken the world record earlier in the season, Duplantis came to Torun as the favorite for the gold. The Polish city was the place where he set his first world record when he jumped 6.17. It didn't get as high in the European Championship. Like in Berlin, the winning height was 6.05 – a new championship record.
+ Olympic Games in Tokyo 2021
Duplantis secured the Olympic gold with flawless jumping over 6.02. After his biggest competitor, the American Sam Kendricks, tested positive for covid-19 and missed the final, the Swede's gold was never threatened. Then he put the bar at the world record height of 6.19 – and was only an unlikely failure away from clearing.
It's my dream since I was a little child to take the gold medal in the Olympic Games, and now I'm here and have a gold medal, he said after the triumph.
+ Indoor World Championship in Belgrad 2022
World Championship gold and a world record in the same competition are few and far between. But in Belgrad, Duplantis got to celebrate twice. The bar wobbled, but stayed in place. Duplantis became the first pole vaulter to clear the dream limit of 6.20. The gold was never really threatened. Silver medalist Thiago Braz from Brazil cleared 6.05 at most.
+ World Championship in Eugene 2022
In Belgrad, the bar wobbled at 6.20. In Eugene, Duplantis was far above 6.21 – and polished his own world record. After securing the World Championship gold – his first outdoors – when Christopher Nilsen, USA, Ernest John Obiena, Philippines, and Thiago Braz, Brazil, had failed at six meters, he chose to continue jumping.
+ European Championship in Munich 2022
At a rainy and chilly Olympiastadion in Munich, Duplantis won his second outdoor European Championship gold. He cleared 5.95 on his first attempt and secured the gold after the German home favorite Bo Kanda Lita Baehre failed. There was no attempt at a world record this time, however. Duplantis chose to stop after clearing 6.06 – a new championship record.
+ World Championship in Budapest 2023
At a summer heat Nemzeti Atlétikai Központ, he started where everyone else began the final: at 5.55 meters. Then the jumpers disappeared one by one. At 5.95, only five were left, and in the later duel with Ernest John Obiena, Philippines, the Swede secured the gold at 6.10 when Obiena stopped at 6.00 after attempts at both 6.05 and 6.10. Duplantis then attempted the new world record height of 6.23, was close twice, but had to settle for gold.
+ Indoor World Championship in Glasgow 2024
The world got to see a different side of Armand Duplantis. The one on the edge, the one who wobbles at the precipice, but the one who finds balance and ultimately wins the World Championship gold with ease.
It's the most difficult gold medal I've gotten. It's extra special. I value this highly, he said after the drama in Glasgow.
+ European Championship in Rome 2024
European Championship gold, a championship record, and some extra money in the form of a bonus – then the plan was that Duplantis wouldn't jump anymore in the European Championship final in Rome. But the star changed his mind and made three attempts at the world record height of 6.25 meters.
Just for fun, he said.
+ Olympic Games in Paris 2024
The crowd at Stade de France chanted “Mondo, Mondo, Mondo” – and the star delivered with a show. He secured his second consecutive Olympic gold after just four jumps and by being the only one over six meters. Then he went for the world record, 6.25. Failed the first, failed the second, and cleared the third.
+ Indoor World Championship in Nanjing, China, 2025
The Swedish star was challenged by Emmanouil Karalis, and it wasn't until the Greek failed at 6.15 meters – which meant he stopped at 6.05 – that the gold in China was secured. The duel took its toll, and Duplantis chose not to attempt the then-world record height.
+ World Championship in Tokyo 2025
A real hornet's nest where seven jumpers cleared 5.95 – but where Armand Duplantis ultimately shone and won easily by breaking the world record and clearing the dream limit of 6.30. The Greek Emmanouil Karalis took silver and was ultimately 30 centimeters behind.
