Didac Salas

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Didac Salas
Personal information
Born (1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 30)
Rubí, Spain[1]
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventPole vault
ClubF.C. Barcelona
Coached byGabriel Martínez

Didac Salas Planas (born 19 May 1993) is a Spanish athlete specialising in the pole vault.[2] He won the gold medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics.

His personal bests in the event are 5.60 metres outdoors (Palafrugell 2014) and 5.60 metres indoors (Prague 2015).

Competition record[edit]

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Spain
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 10th 4.65 m
2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 11th (q) 5.05 m1
Youth Olympic Games Singapore 1st 5.05 m
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 3rd 5.40 m
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 4th 5.50 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 14th (q) 5.30 m
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 9th (q) 5.35 m1
2014 Mediterranean U23 Championship Aubagne, France 2nd 5.57 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland NM
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 10th (q) 5.60 m
European U23 Championships Tallinn, Estonia 5th 5.40 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 27th (q) 5.15 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 29th (q) 5.36 m
Ibero-American Championships Trujillo, Peru 3rd 5.10 m
2022 Ibero-American Championships La Nucía, Spain 1st 5.40 m

1No mark in the final

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